By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The federal government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has signed a memorandum of understanding with, peek vision, to eliminate avoidable blindness.
With this partnership, digital tools for eye screening are expected to be deployed nationwide, strengthen primary healthcare capacity, and ensure real-time data use for decision-making across Nigeria’s Eye-health system coverage
Data indicates that Nigerians continue to face preventable visual impairment, largely caused by cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors, and these partnerships seek to address eye care gaps. Mou which
Covers digital screening supported by robust national data systems and training for primary healthcare workers will by extension Strengthening universal health coverage.
