Mwanza Region Prevention of Blindness Programme

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Project Name: Mwanza Region Prevention of Blindness Programme
Project Description: Eye Care Programme
Location: Tanzania, Sengerema
Campaign:Vision 2020
Project Information: This eye department is located within the Sengerema hospital some 30 km from the large urban centre of Mwanza, Tanzania along the southern shores of Lake Victoria. A government seconded Cataract Surgeon is the program head. An urban eye service has been developed in Mwanza through collaboration with the large government hospital (Sekou Traore) in Mwanza where a dedicated eye theatre and out patient have been provided.

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by Country: Tanzania
by Campaign: Vision 2020
by Field of Work: Projects for People with Visual Impairment
by Clinical Condition: Cataract Trachoma Glaucoma
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