Contact Details:
Sheikh
Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre
Kanifing
PO Box 650,
Banjul
The Gambia, West Africa
Telephone no: +220 4378608
Fx: 4378581 |
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Information:
The
Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre (SZRECC) in
the Kanifing are of Gambia is a charity clinic
which serves as a centre of excellence and
training for eye care in the West African sub-region. It provides
training programmes for several levels of eye care personnel,
including a Diploma in Ophthalmology and an Advanced Diploma in
ophthalmology (community or surgical focus).
The centre provides district support to enable graduating students to develop
eye care services in their own countries. Up till mid-March, 2005 the
centre has screened and treated 4,950 patients, conducted 1,688 eye
operations and performed 1,191 cataract operations. It has trained
five cataract surgeons, six ophthalmic paramedics, 13 community
ophthalmic nurses and 1,200 primary eye care workers.
One of the pieces of equipment they use is the Topcon eye camera
which takes different types of eye photography such as colour retinal
photography, stereo images and Fluorescein angiogram among others.
The eye clinic is
headed by a Gambian, Mr. Sarjo Kanyi, and is funded by the Abu
Dhabi based Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation (ZCHF) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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