Sight Restoration Project Among Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Dalori Camp, Borno State, January 2016
Abstract
Introduction: The insurgency in the north eastern Nigeria took its worst toll in Borno State which has more devastation in terms of loss of thousands of lives and properties/means of livelihood worth billions of naira. These results into tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) (mostly elderly men, women and children most of whom were orphaned as a result of the insurgencies by the renowned terrorist a.k.a “Boko Haram”)1.
Objective: To restore sight among the IDPs with operable cataracts in Dalori IDPs Camp in Borno state. To screen and treat cases of allergic/vernal conjunctivitis among the internally displaced children in Dalori IDPs Camp in Borno State.
Methods: A descriptive study comprising of IDPs who were mainly from Kanuri, Shua Arabs, Hausa Fulani tribe had since been booked in the Nigeria Airforce Emergency Hospital (Figure 1) located in the IDP camp for small incision cataract surgery with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. The outcome of the procedure was analyzed.
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