Ghana Milestones
First partnership with Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi to support training and cataract outreach.
Inaugurate KATH’s standalone Eye Center funded by USAID ASHA as a center of excellence in care and training serving West Africa. The completed facility saw a 26.5% increase in surgical eye care during the year following its opening.
First Country Representative, Dr. Oscar Debrah is hired to advise Cure Blindness Project program activity and partner expansion.
The number of Cure Blindness Project partnerships reaches 13 and includes Ghanian service providers from both the public and private sectors.
In partnership with Ghana Health Service (GHS), the National Cataract Outreach Program (NCOP) is established with the goal of eliminating needless blindness in Ghana while building a financially sustainable program.
Cure Blindness Project receives USAID grant to construct a stand-alone eye center and teaching facility (modeled after KATH) at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
GHS assigns four staff members (optometrists, ophthalmic nurse, biomedical engineer and program manager) to train eye care personnel in NCOP’s standard operating procedures for cataract surgeries.
Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, expanded outpatient services, three operating rooms, and dedicated training facilities, the center was recently designated by the Ministry of Health as Ghana's National Center for Eye Care.
It will eventually serve as the country's third ophthalmology residency program, helping train the next generation of eye care professionals while expanding access to sight-restoring care for thousands of patients each year.
Cure Blindness Project played a key role in supporting the development of Ghana’s first comprehensive cornea and organ donation legislation, helping lay the foundation for a national framework to restore sight through corneal transplantation.
Working alongside Ghanaian health leaders and stakeholders, Cure Blindness Project contributed technical expertise and global best practices to advance policies that enable ethical eye donation, transplantation, and improved access to care.
