BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7517@worldglaucomaweek.org DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Accra:20230311T080000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Accra:20230317T153000 DTSTAMP:20230403T013911Z URL:https://www.worldglaucomaweek.org/activity/awareness-creation-on-glauc oma/ SUMMARY:Awareness Creation on Glaucoma DESCRIPTION:SDA HOSPITAL\, SUNYANI\nEYE UNIT\n2023 GLAUCOMA WEEK CELEBRATIO N REPORT\n\nWorld Glaucoma Week is observed in the second full week of Mar ch every year. “The World is bright\, Save your sight” was the theme o f this year’s World Glaucoma Week. As a health institution\, a committee of four professionals comprising Dr Bright Yaw Okyere (Optometrist)\, Dr Louis Oteng-Gyimah (Ophthalmologist)\, Mrs Juliana Pokuaa (Ophthalmic Nurs e) and Mrs Esther Kwahene (Health Promotion Officer) was set for the plann ing and execution of our Glaucoma week programme which happened on 11th of March and ended 17th of March\, 2023.\nActivities planned for the Program me included\;\n1. Launch of Glaucoma Week Celebration and free eye screeni ng at Hope SDA Church\, Nkwabeng on 11/03/23\n2. Public Education and free health screening at COCOBOD\, Sunyani\n3. Climax: Time with our Glaucoma patients and free screening on 17/03/23\nMega Life Sciences\, Vision Sprin g International and St. Ignatius Eye Center were contacted for sponsorship and the media partners were Radio BAR\, Bono Radio and Citi TV.\nThe Eye Care Team of the facility was entrusted with certain roles to make the pro gramme catchy and memorable. The professionals of the eye care team includ ed\;\n1. Dr Louis Oteng-Gyimah (Ophthalmologist)\n2. Dr Bright Yaw Okyere (Optometrist)\n3. Dr. Ebenezer Manu (Optometrist)\n4. Mrs Gifty Kyeraa (Op hthalmic Nurse)\n5. Mrs Aboagyewaa Bannor (Ophthalmic Nurse)\n6. Mrs Julia na Pokuaa (Ophthalmic Nurse)\n7. Mr Williams Dakpo (Intern Ophthalmic Nurs e)\n8. Mrs Esther Kwahene (Health Promotion Officer)\n9. Mr Benjamin Kyere meh (Optician)\n10. Miss Naomi Yeboah (Optician)\nLaunch of Glaucoma Week Celebration and free eye screening at Hope SDA Church\nSome special guests were invited to grace the programme. These guests were\;\n1. Dr Amo Kordi eh\, Bono Regional Director of Health.\n2. Dr Philip Fobi Karikari\, Medi cal Director of SDA Hospital\, Sunyani.\n3. Mrs Nana Ama Asirifua\, Bono H ealth Promotion Officer.\n4. Mr Enoch Nketiah\, Health Service Administrat or of SDA Hospital\, Sunyani\n5. Mr Kwame Adu Twum\, Nutritionist of SDA H ospital.\nChurch leaders and church members of Hope SDA Church welcomed th e team and offered a warm reception. The launch programme started at 10.30 am. All invited guests and the eye care team were seated and introduced b y Mr Kwame Adu. All guests gave out their presentations coupled with inter vening episodes of music and media coverage. A series of live interviews w ere made and the programme ended at 1:00 pm. The total number of participa nts was 321.\nAbout 30 minutes after the launch programme\, the screening exercise started. Eye professionals from St. Ignatius Eye Center\, a repre sentative of Vision Spring International came to support the exercise. Fre e reading glasses were given to those who really needed them. It ended suc cessfully at 5:30 pm and the team dispersed. In total\, 247 people were sc reened and 14 either had glaucoma or were glaucoma suspects.\nPublic Educa tion and Free Health Screening at COCOBOD\nFollowing the main aim of the W orld Glaucoma Week celebration (thus\, to create awareness of glaucoma)\, a series of education on radio\, social media and at the facility were com pleted throughout the week. The health screening exercise took place at CO COBOD Sunyani primary on 15/03/2023. Services rendered were vitals assessm ent\, Blood Glucose assessment\, BMI and free eye screening. In all\, 99 s taff were screened\, 4 had Glaucoma and 6 were glaucoma suspects. Those su spected to have glaucoma were asked to do diagnostic tests to be brought t o the facility. Free eye supplements and glasses were dispatched during th e screening.\nClimax: Time with Glaucoma Patients and Free Glaucoma Screen ing\nOn 17/03/2023 at 10.00 am\, the week’s programme climaxed at the So uth Ridge SDA chapel by inviting our glaucoma patients and their relatives . Activities such as Glaucoma education\, drug administration techniques\, and Glaucoma video show were conducted by selected staff of the eye unit and the health promotion officer. These were Dr Manu\, Mrs Pokuaa\, Dr Oky ere and Mrs Kwahene respectively. The idea of establishing a Glaucoma Pati ent Association was disclosed to the patients and their response was affir mative. They were promised of subsequent meetings where further details wi ll be communicated about the launch. Free eye supplements donated by Mega Life Sciences were distributed among them\, a photo shoot was done and the meeting ended at 1:00 pm. Mr Kwame Adu moderated the entire programme. Fr ee eye screening continued at the eye clinic premises till the close of th e day. Nine (9) out of twenty (20) glaucoma patients honoured the invite.\ nCompiled by\nDr Bright Yaw Okyere\n(Optometrist) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.worldglaucomaweek.org/wp-content/upl oads/2023/04/RESIZED-IMAGE.jpg CATEGORIES:Awareness LOCATION:SUNYANI\, SUNYANI SDA HOSPITAL\, P.O. BOX Q411\, SUNYANI\, SUNYANI \, BONO\, BS00624302\, BONO\, Ghana GEO:7.3339;-2.3478 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=SUNYANI SDA HOSPITAL\, P.O. BOX Q411\, SUNYANI\, SUNYANI\, BONO\, BS00624302\, BONO\, Ghana;X-APPLE-R ADIUS=100;X-TITLE=SUNYANI:geo:7.3339,-2.3478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Accra X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Accra BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20220311T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR