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More than 7.4 million Ghanaians aged 30 years and above, representing 32.2 per cent of the population, are estimated to have glaucoma. Statistics available also estimated that over 47,000 Ghanaians have been made blind by the disease, which has a prevalence rate of 570, 000, in the country. Currently, there are about 220,000 Ghanaians blinded through various other causes such as trachoma, onchocerciasis (river blindness) childhood blindness, refractive errors and low vision. Glaucoma occurs when the optic nerve at the back of the eye is slowly destroyed due to increased pressure inside the eye. This results in the blockage of circulation of aqueous fluid or its drainage. Dr Oscar Debrah, Head of Eye Care Unit of the Ghana Health Service made this known at a press briefing to mark this year’s World Sight Day in Accra... [read full story]
