, an international charity catering to the visually impaired, has donated eye treatment equipment worth N100 million to the Jigawa State government.
Mr Ekweremadu said the CBM’s Comprehensive and Inclusive Eye Health Project for Jigawa State aims to improve the visual health of the population in the state. Other equipment are five Fundus cameras, 70 Snellen’s diagrams, 15 Cataract sets, three Optical workshops, and Low vision kits for trained optometrists.Mr Ekweremadu said all the equipment would be shared across the eye treatment centres in the general hospitals adding that the buildings in the treatment centres must comply with accessibility requirements for disabled persons.
CBM was founded in 1908 by German Pastor Ernst Jakob. The organisation is working with United Friends of Vision to implement last year’s UN General Assembly resolution – Vision for Everyone – to maintain global momentum for eye health as an accelerator for progress on Sustainable Development Goals .
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