Cataracts account for more than half of blindness in ghana - GHS

World Sight Day is an annual global awareness event that draws attention to vision impairment and blindness while encouraging individuals, communities and governments to take action to protect eye health.

In Ghana, the day was marked on the theme, “Eye Care for All: Integrating Vision into Primary Health Care”.

According to Dr Afake, although cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness in the country, glaucoma and diseases affecting the back of the eye also contribute significantly to the national blindness burden.