Vision Impact Project

VIP CBM

The overall objective is to reduce prevalence of visual impairment and combat avoidable blindness by providing access to inclusive eye care service for entire population of five Kenyan Counties, so far. They simply strengthen the Kenyan health system by constructing and rehabilitating buildings, procure medical equipment and train eye care professionals. They raise awareness for an inclusive eye care services through screening with peek technology including further treatment. This is aimed at improving the delivery of quality eye health system in Kenya by responding to the needs in the particular field.

This will be achieved by embracing the public-health approach in provision of comprehensive, inclusive, integrated and people-centric eye health services: and uses peek technology for mass screening and and tracking referrals. By this, it responds to the national agenda as espoused in the National Health sector strategic plan 2018-2024 by the WHO Global Action plan 2014-2019.

It is estimated that about 7.5 million Kenyans (15.5%) are in need of eye health services, ranging from age related cataract, diabetic complications in the eye, refractive error trachoma, allergic eye diseases and difficulties in reading among other related eye problems. This comes in hand that only 21.3% (1.6 million) are able to access eye health from both public and private facilities.