Led by Lead Visionary Dr Kimberley Tan and Dr Cesar Carillo, Sight For All – AUD$41,315
Project location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.3 million people and over 40,000 people in PNG are reported to be blind in both eyes. The estimated prevalence of blindness in PNG is 5.6%. The current childhood blindness situation in PNG is not widely known due to a lack of research in this space. However, estimates indicate that blindness in PNG’s children could be as high as 7.4% for children living with vision impairment or blindness. Blind and visually impaired children have a lifetime of blindness ahead of them causing significant economic burden on the family and community. Blindness affects children’s psychomotor and emotional development, education, opportunities for employment and earning potential. As a result, blindness contributes to poverty and disadvantage in a profound way. Accordingly, there is a need for training of paediatric ophthalmologists in PNG.
Photos of ROP Screening at Port Moresby General Hospital – Special Care Unit (SCN)
This project will support the training of PNG’s first paediatric ophthalmologist, provide equipment to establish the first children’s eye clinic and support the children’s eye surgery at the Port Moresby General Hospital. The In-Country fellowship teaching will be undertaken by Sight For All’s team of paediatric ophthalmology Visionaries, many of whom have previously trained fellows in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
ANZEF is the philanthropic arm of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO).
RANZCO is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Charities Services in New Zealand (registration no: CC53935).
Charity donations to ANZEF of $2 or more in Australia and $5 or more in New Zealand are tax-deductible.
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