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By Steve Oko, Umuahia
No less than 1.2 cardinal radical each implicit the satellite are said to beryllium visually impaired.
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO, Professor Emmanuel Esenwah, disclosed this portion transportation a lecture astatine a symposium to people the 2025 World Sight Day successful Umuahia, Abia State capital.
This is arsenic stakeholders astatine the symposium expressed interest implicit the prevalence of glucoma successful South East geopolitical zone.
Meanwhile, Abia State Government, has announced the prohibition of unauthorized escaped aesculapian outreach successful immoderate portion of the state.
Delivering lecture astatine the symposium, Prof. Esenwah higlighted immoderate obstacles to accessing oculus attraction services to see ignorance, shortage of trained oculus attraction workers, harmful practices, superstition, among others.
He recommended wellness promotion, aboriginal detection, surviving steadfast manner and summation successful the fig of wellness workers arsenic immoderate of the strategies to tackle the menace.
“All hands indispensable beryllium connected platform done an integrated, people-centred attack to woody with the challenge”, helium said.
Prof. Esenwah commended the efforts of Abia State Government successful improving entree to prime oculus attraction to the grassroots, and urged different states to emulate it.
Speaking astatine the event, Commissioner for Health, Abia State, Professor Ogbonnaya Uche, explained that the State imposition of prohibition connected unauthorized aesculapian outreaches was arsenic a effect of a caller unauthorized aesculapian ngo successful Abiriba assemblage that resulted into nonaccomplishment of lives.
He declared that henceforth, each escaped aesculapian outreach successful the authorities indispensable get authorities approval, and indispensable beryllium held successful approved wellness facilities.
“Nobody is permitted to transportation retired immoderate escaped aesculapian outreach extracurricular of a hospital, and without support of the Ministry of Health.
“This is an important accusation due to the fact that it is astatine specified unauthorized aesculapian outreaches that fake products are distributed,” helium said.
He, urged assemblage leaders not to surrender their subjects for immoderate signifier of escaped aesculapian outreach without Government approval.
The Commissioner besides announced a prohibition connected media promotion of aesculapian products without validation of efficacy claims.
This, helium said was to forestall unsuspecting members of the nationalist from getting deceived astir unverified efficacy claims of assorted aesculapian products particularly herbal medicines.
He said that the Director of Medical Services had been directed to notify media outfits successful the authorities to halt moving advertorials oregon jingles without validation of efficacy claims by the Ministry of Health.
“So, the archetypal happening this Government did was to guarantee that we person places wherever radical tin spell and get the due healthcare,” helium said.
He threatened enactment against “such radical who misinform the nationalist connected claims that are not verifiable, oregon evidence-proven”.
He regretted that a batch of radical person suffered immoderate complications and adjacent decease due to the fact that of fake and sub-standard products.
Emphasizing the request for regular oculus checks, helium urged Abia residents to contiguous themselves for broad oculus introspection astatine slightest erstwhile each year.
The Commissioner decried the prevalence of eye-related diseases successful Nigeria and called for corporate enactment to forestall its spread.
Citing the World Health Organization, helium said that the estimated prevalence of blindness for adults supra 50 years successful Nigeria “is 9 retired of each 100 adults.”
“Among children and adults, the prevalence of blindness ranges from 0.2% to 0.4%. So if you are looking astatine the earthy numbers, this translates to astir 400,000 children successful Nigeria. That is simply a precise precocious amount.
“In Nigeria, we person seen rising numbers of ocular impairment. We necessitate urgent, concerted efforts from each stakeholders to complement the efforts of government. “
Speaking earlier, the Administrator, Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau, Dr Mrs Betty Emeka-Obasi, begged Abians marque themselves disposable for oculus introspection astatine slightest during their birthdays.
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