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Reducing an entirely curable form of blindness: Cataract
 
The challenge
  • Hospitals practicing modern techniques of surgery are rare to find in Nigeria
  • Rural Communities have virtually no access to these facilities
  • 1 million Nigerians are suffering from cataract, a purely curable cause of blindness
In Nigeria, limited facilities and prohibitive costs ($150-300) forces the afflicted to resort to unsafe traditional methods (like couching) leading to loss of eyesight.

TCF aims to reduce avoidable blindness, predominantly cataract, among the rural poor of Nigeria by providing high quality free surgeries.
 
The TCF Mission for Vision
TCF’s eye camps
Methods & Procédures
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
 
   
 
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The TCF Mission for Vision
  • Focus on surgical treatment of cataract with intra-ocular lens implantation
  • Providing service to those who would otherwise be unable to access quality eyecare
  • Drawing from the vast experience in Community Eye Care in India where its sister organizations are engaged in performing 100000 free eye surgeries annually
  • Modern surgical techniques using state of the art equipment
  • Maximizing utilization of Government infrastructure thus saving unnecessary duplication and expense.
 
 
 
         
     
 
 
TCF’s eye camps

TCF’s initial eye camps in 2003, acted as a positive influence on Kebbi State Government who upgraded an existing hospital to a community ophthalmic facility managed by TCF. TCF, has since, expanded to four hospitals performing more than 11,000 surgeries per annum. The four eye hospitals of TCF are:

» Kebbi Eye Centre
» Yola Eye Centre
» Calabar Eye Centre
» Owerri Eye Centre

These hospitals have till date performed more than 24,000 free eye surgeries.
 
 
 
         
     
 
 
Methods & Procédures
  • Screening of patients by trained para-medical staff in rural communities.
  • Transporting patients to base hospitals.
  • Full ophthalmic and medical examination prior to surgery.
  • Surgery by qualified surgeons using latest techniques.
  • Patients under observation for minimum 24hrs post surgery.
  • One post operative checkup within 6 weeks in the community.
  • Random post operative audit by independent ophthalmologist to confirm efficacy and benefits of surgery.
  • Patients brought back to hospitals in the event of any post operative follow-up or for second eye surgery.
 
 
 
         
         

 
     
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