Community development in Ghana – Kofi Esson - Tullow Oil plc

Ongoing - improving ophthalmic standardsTullow is Partnered with Sightsavers Internationaland the Ministry of Health.River Blindness Programme• Raises awareness of blindness and treatment programmeamongst local communities• Distributors and community health workers trained to takeon responsibilities of eye health education and the detectionand referral of eye disease within their communities• Controlled distribution of Mectizan® tablets which are usedto control the condition and prevent blindnessTraining Ophthalmic Nurses• Tullow funding permits experienced nurses to receive ayear’s specialist ophthalmic training. In 2008, 35 newstudents attended• Trained nurses then divided into fieldwork groups in Bawku,Sunyani, Kumasi, Agogo, Breman Asikuma and AccraOctober 2008 Capital Markets Day Slide 8