LIAZ Vice-Chairperson challenges female young ophthalmic staff to be focused “Set goals in your career, work towards them, remain focused and embrace challenges as an avenue towards growth.” said LIAZ Board Vice-Chairperson Dr. Grace Chipalo-Mutati, as she encouraged young ophthalmic staff, particularly women. Dr Chipalo-Mutati, who is a renowned ophthalmologist, said this in response to […]

On the way back from data collection, in Nalolo District’s Suu Rural Health Post,

In the picture is the Trachoma Survey Grader (Josias Ndlovu) giving a sweet to Alick Tembo after screening him for trachoma as part of the survey exercise. Observing in the background while the Recorder (Racheal Moono) enters her data is Alicks father who is also the headman of Kamanuna Village in Kapiri Mponshi District, the

In the middle of the Mata plains the survey team-visited Mr Fanwell Muyunda’s house a peasant farmer. He has been suffering from Trachiasis for six years now. He is 86 years of age. In 2017, Mr Muyunda was listed for trachoma surgery but did not show up on the day of the operation. The survey

According to recent statistics, the prevalence of blindness in Zambia ranges from 2.2% to 4.4% which implies that there are 339,081 to 678,162 people who are either visually impaired or blind within a population of 16 954 051. The leading causes of blindness are cataract (53.2%), glaucoma (19.0%), trachoma (5.7%), refractive errors (15.3%), corneal opacity (3.6%),

Meet Esther Chishimba, a trained and certified Grader. Since 2018, Esther has participated in Trachoma Elimination Surveys. Esther works as an ophthalmic nurse on Chilubi Island. She is also an instructor at Chilubi College of Nursing. She enjoys volunteering in the community by providing eye care services to people in the surrounding area. She says

Through traditional songs and dance, with some role plays, the residents of Liumena come together to raise awareness on blinding Trachoma, and to receive doses of the preventive/treatment drugs. This is on the occasion to mark the official launch of the 2022 Trachoma Mass Administration (MDA) for Sikongo District held at Liumena Rural Health Centre,

The time is 17:13 on Friday, 10th June 2022, which marks Day-5 of the ongoing Trachoma Mass Drug Administration (MDA) in Western Province; the visibly tired but happy Muyunda Siyoti and Ms. Simwayi Simangolwa just docked on the banks of the Luanginga River in Kalabo District. They were returning from Kaprivi Village (Sunga Area) which