The USAID Childhood Blindness Program (CBP), through Equitable Health Access Initiative (EHAI) implemented the Integrated School and Community Eye Health (I-SCEH) project in Oyo State, South west Nigeria. The goal of the project was to improve access to quality eye care services to vulnerable children in Oyo State through integration of sight saving services into the community, School Health and PHC System and Care Program. The Project  reduced the burden of preventable blindness by providing comprehensive eye care services to children <18 years in Oyo State in 4 selected LGAs in the State. The LGAs are: Akinyele, Ibadan North, Ibadan South East and Ibadan South West.

This project was implemented in four (4) LGA with the highest population and urban slum communities. The selected LGAs of implementation are: Akinyele, Ibadan North, Ibadan South- East and Ibadan South-West with 32, 27, 19 and 22 PHCs; 125, 72, 65 and 81 primary schools; and 35, 42, 40 and 36 Secondary Schools respectively. At these LGAs, the PHCs provided the minimum components of PHC service delivery which includes eye health care and school health care services. Each of these facilities have the following cadre of staff: Community Health Officers, Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW), Junior CHEWs, Nurses/Midwives, Health Information Management (HIM) Officer, HIM Assistant HIM Technologist, Environmental Health Officer, Environmental Health Technologist, Environmental Health Assistant, Medical Laboratory Technologists, Medical Laboratory Assistant and Health Attendant. Each LGA has one medical doctor serving as Medical Officer for Health/Director of PHC services.

Program Goal

This project aimed to improve access to quality eye care services to vulnerable children in Oyo State through integration of sight saving services into the community, PHC System and School Health Care Program.

Objectives:

1. Trained 120 healthcare workers, 48 Medical Records Staff (40 PHC Medical records Officers, 4 LGA M&E Officers and 4 LGA Documentation Associates), 320 teachers and 40 Key Informants to screen children for eye disease and conditions and provide eye health services
2. Screened over 75,000 children for visual impairments and eye ailments
3. Provided 6000 children with eyeglasses.
4. Provided 400 children with services and treatment for low vision
5. Provided 2,500 children with non-surgical treatments.
6. Provided linkage and referral services to children.

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