Victor Ayeni The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Lagos State Ministry of Health in partnership with Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation have unveiled an eye care centre in Lagos as part of efforts to increase public access to eye care. The First Vision Centre was unveiled at the Alimosho General Hospital, in Igando, alongside the launch of an initiative themed, “Effective Spectacle Coverage Initiative Nigeria Jigi Bola 2.0,” according to a statement on Saturday.
Speaking during the event, the National Coordinator of the National Eye Health Programme, Dr Oteri Okolo, said the initiative which was created by President Bola Tinubu is in line with the World Health Assembly’s global target for effective coverage of eye care by countries by 2030. Okolo said, “Eye care is very important and good vision is very critical to humans, and that is why this initiative of President Tinubu is to ensure that Nigerians have access to affordable glasses.” Also speaking, the President of Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation, Mr Anurag Hans, noted that the organisation was committed to solving the problem of various eye impairments globally.
He disclosed that the foundation had initiated programmes to eliminate poor vision challenges in 120 countries and had also distributed 18 million glasses to people around the world. Copyright PUNCH All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
Contact: [email protected] Tags Eye care centre First Vision Centre Lago govt National Eye Health Programme Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation Prof. Ali Pate.
