Outreach in the Volta Region # Ho

Solidarity with the poor is not merely an act of charity but a mechanism for promoting the welfare of all peoples

More than 113 million primary school age children do not attend school-more of them girls than boys. More than 500,000 women die each year during pregnancy and childbirth from complications that could have been easily treated or prevented if the women had access to appropriate health care. More than 14 million adolescents give birth each year. International Development Goals which set targets for: Reductions in poverty, Improvements in health and education and Protection of the environment

Lots of things affect our general health and ocular health, sometimes yes it is limited to the eye other times it goes way beyond the eye, and our systemic reactions have lots of effects on the eye, whether it be pathologic or physiologic. Take for instance when your blood pressure levels increases, not necessary having a hypertensive condition but a transient elevation in blood pressure, it may be indicated on the eye by means of redness or injection, pathologic conditions such diabetes causes drastic and regular changes in vision as result of the glucose available and its conversion to galactitol and the other forms of reductions. So what with our general wellbeing and health is very important to our ocular health.

Seek suitable opportunities for improving the health of the people through education

What is @bettervision about?

@bettervision is is a project initiated by @nattybongo and friends to give back to the society the knowledge and skill acquired through the Optometric Studies in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.It is an outreach system where we visit the less privileged communities to offer free eye screening services and education to the people within the community

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To reduce or prevent vision loss through diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and refractive errors.

To enlighten the majority of the Ghanaian population about the importance of proper visual care.

To conscientize people on the need for regular eye checks

To get more people to have their wards screened within the Critical periods of a Child’s Vision Development; thus from ages 3 to till about 10 years.

To help the blind and people with low vision live a better life within the society through education of the general public to stop stigmatization.

Our greatest gratitude goes to @fundition @adollaraday @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.