Evaluering
Maidema Eye Health Centre A review of NABP’s support to the clinic 1996 – 2004
The very first initiative to start an eye health programme in Eritrea came from the co-ordinator for Eritrea Peoples Health Programme Dr. Nerayo Teklemichael in 1987. Contacts were made, discussions carried out, which finally led up to the signing of the first agreement, between the Ministry of Health in Eritrea (MOH) and the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted ( NABP) in March 1993. The overall goal and purpose of this project is to reduce the prevalence of blindness to 0.5% in the southern zones of Eritrea. This will be accomplished by providing curative and preventative eye care, accessible and affordable eye health services, and by training local ophthalmic assistants who will eventually support the MOH in rendering services to the people.