Sight for Development

05/06/2023

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HOPin Academy
SWAD International Kitchen and Bar

25/04/2023

Excepts of our visit to Holy Cross Parish, Tamale over the weekend to screen members and also give them advice on how to keep their eyes safe. Giving back to the society

Visit our space on the first floor of the Yaa Musah story building to get your eye treated or lens

18/04/2023

Over the weekend, we paid a visit to Jesus is the Answer Church - HQ to continue with our free eye screening for its members. Our personnel attended to all present and they were glad to have us

HOPin Academy
SWAD International Kitchen and Bar

06/04/2023

As part of our corporate social responsibility, we organized an eye screening for members of JITA - Tamale North over the weekend. Knowing your eye's state is crucial to having a healthy eye and good sight hence the need for regular check up.

Visit our space on the top floor of the Yaa Musah Story building along the waterworks road in Tamale to have your eyes checked. We also produce quality lenses to protect your eye and match your taste.

HOPin Academy
Hald Ege Efterskole
Friskolen Hald Ege

13/03/2023

Today we send a big thank you with gratitude to Hald Ege Efterskole which through HOPin Academy a donation of 100s of reading and medicated glasses has been donated to the Eye Centre.

We look forward to put it in good use for the purpose of the children, the old and the venerable!

Thank you HEE

18/09/2022

I have pledged to love my eyes for World Sight Day 2022. You can also pledge to this at this link:

Get involved in World Sight Day by making a commitment to . Pledge to have a sight test or care for your eyes and share on social media to encourage others to make the pledge too.

08/08/2022

The future of volunteer-led Primary Eye Care: The Algoripad - EYEGORIPAD

08/08/2022

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is the world's largest cause of death, and are often associated with older age groups. The WHO reports that: non communicable diseases kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally.

Cardiovascular diseases account for most NCD deaths, or 17.9 million people annually, followed by cancers (9.3 million), respiratory diseases (4.1 million), and diabetes (1.5 million). These four groups of diseases account for over 80% of all premature NCD deaths. SDG3.4 seeks to reverse such deaths with the hope to saving over 50m by the end of the decade. This means more people are going to live longer.

The WHO indicates that: everyone, if they live long enough, will experience at least one eye condition in their lifetime that will require appropriate care. This presupposes that, with the effective implementation of strategies against SDG3.4, more people will live longer, and the rate of people requiring appropriate eye care at any given time would increase significantly with its corresponding demand for care and resources.

In 2017 the International Diabetics Federation (IDF) estimated that Ghana had a diabetic population of 1.9%. Approximately one in three people living with diabetes have some degree of Diabetic Retinopathy. They have also a greater risk of developing glaucoma or cataract. The Federation forecasts a substantial increase (103%) of diabetes by 2040 and one-tenth of people with diabetes are expected to develop vision threatening diabetic retinopathy.

Sight for Development is therefore positioning itself appropriately to ensure that the linkage between NCDs and visual issues is widely known and understood. We will dialogue and help develop strategies to well-position the eye health sector to meet the anticipated surge in the demand for appropriate eye care, before the sector (service provision, engineering, staffing, infrastructure, data, programming etc.) is taken unawares and overwhelmed. It must be generally accepted that eye conditions is the closest “ally” of NCDs. Several of the most prevalent NCDs can lead to eye health conditions if not addressed in a timely manner, and vice-versa.

Sight for Development will seek to mobilize resources to conduct a research on the linkages between NCDs and eye diseases in Ghana, with social, economic and financial cost analysis on integrating NCD and Eye Disease management conducted.

08/08/2022

The Ministry of Health of Ghana per its eye health policy seeks to make eye health services available to all persons particularly the vulnerable and marginalised groups, regardless of gender, culture, religion, and socio-economic status.

A national population-based prevalence survey for eye diseases which was conducted in Ghana in 2015 estimated that 0.74% of the population of Ghana are blind from all causes. Additionally, 1.07% had severe visual impairment. The prevalence of blindness is higher in the rural areas of Ghana (0.79) than in the urban areas (0.67).
We will exist absolutely within parameters set by the Ministry of Health and only contribute to national efforts towards “a healthy population with improved eye health that will contribute effectively to individual and national development.” We will join the Government and stakeholders “to reduce prevalence of avoidable blindness in the population from 0.74 in 2015 to 0.44; to reduce prevalence of severe visual impairment from 1.07% in 2015 to 0.64%; and to reduce prevalence of moderate visual impairment from 1.88%in 2015 to 1.13%., all by 2030.

08/08/2022

In 2015, the African Union Commission formulated its Agenda 2063 i.e. The African Union (AU) Vision 2063: “The Africa We Want”, 2015. We are inspired by Agenda 2063 to play a lead role in the demonstration of a link between blindness and development. Vision is often presented as a disease to policy makers and health planners. We will sustain a campaign for the profile of eye health needs to be changed from a disease to a development imperative; to be people-centred; to ensure quality; to eliminate barriers to access to eye health services especially for women and girls; and demonstrate that eye care is an investment in the health of women.

08/08/2022

In 2015, member states unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Development, commonly known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Goal 3 seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. Sight for Development is very much committed to partnering with stakeholders, both locally and offshore to “make eye health services available to all persons particularly the vulnerable and marginalised groups, regardless of gender, culture, religion, and socio-economic status”. Of major focus is to facilitate the raising of awareness; and engaging and empowering people and communities in respect of eye care needs.

Sight for Development is a major proponent of World Health Assembly resolution WHA73.4 on Integrated People-Centred Eye Care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness, 2020. We focus extensively on joining partners to remodel eye care services at the primary health care level.

08/08/2022

Sight for Development is an NGO established to complement the efforts of the Government of Ghana towards its Vision of “A healthy population with improved eye health that will contribute effectively to individual and national development.”

The WHO reports that, more than 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment globally. Of those at least 1 billion people have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or has yet to be treated. The burden of most eye conditions and vision impairment is not borne equally. It weighs more heavily on low- and middle-income countries, on rural communities, on older people, women, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities and indigenous populations

Sight for Development is developed to contribute to global, regional and national policy frameworks for health, and the new strategic direction provided by global policy frameworks and strategies for eye health.

Sight for Development presents three key components that include: a not for profit clinic providing ophthalmic, optometry, and optical services; a business development unit to assist treated blind patients to develop livelihood empowerment ventures to integrate them back into social and economic life; and a project management unit to facilitate partnerships, coordinate special blindness control efforts and pursue resource mobilization for pro-poor support services in furtherance of the WHO’s call for international organizations, donors, and the public and private sectors to work together to scale up integrated people-centred eye care.