Location:
Base camp: Bolgatanga, northern Ghana, several hours' drive north from Tamale airport. Clinics were held at Nakpanduri (2 days), Sandema (2 days) and Tongo (1½ days).
Team:
There were fourteen in the team, including three optometrists, two dispensing opticians, a nurse, structural engineers and a children's worker.
What was achieved:
The team worked closely with a local optometrist, and with a local ophthalmic surgeon and his team who were able to dispense eyecare drugs and to arrange for cataract surgery for those who needed it the most.
In five and a half days' work:
- Total number screened: 2,132
- Spectacles dispensed: 1,141
- 930 patients referred to the nurses for medication
- 96 cataract operations funded through Mission for Vision
Team members:
Helen Allder: Optometrist, Music Ministry
Pauline Mortimer: Optometrist
Peter Greedy: Optometrist
Ian Squire: Dispenser
Brigitta Hudson: Dispensing
Jon Mortimer: Dispenser
Graeme Tucker: Screening
David Trelease: Screening
Daren Allder: Screening, Music Ministry
Sandy Lovett: Ministry
Nels Trelease: Ministry
Ann Squire: Ministry
Barbara Rooney: Ministry
Juddy Simmons: Ministry
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