In an intensified effort to make sure wholesome eye situations in Delta, the state authorities has educated greater than 232 Primary Health Care (PHC) workers throughout 75 centres to offer fundamental eye-care providers.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme, disclosed this in a statewide broadcast to mark the 2026 World Sight Day, celebrated yearly on the second Thursday of October.
This yr’s theme, “Love Your Eyes… Every Story Counts!”, focuses on selling eye well being, encouraging early detection and remedy of avoidable visible impairment, and addressing myths and stigma related to eye situations and the usage of spectacles.
Onojaeme mentioned the state authorities, in collaboration with the National Eye, Ear and Other Sensory Functions Programme (NESHP) of the Federal Ministry of Health and different companions, was strengthening eye-care providers by the Jigibola 2.0 Programme.
He mentioned the initiative had geared up the educated PHC workers to establish eye issues early and make applicable referrals for additional remedy.
According to him, eye-care providers are at the moment obtainable at Asaba Specialist Hospital; Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara; Central Hospitals in Warri, Agbor, Ughelli and Sapele; and General Hospitals in Okwe and Ogwashi-Uku.
He added that the federal government had lately upgraded the Eye Clinic at General Hospital, Ibusa, whereas dishing out opticians had been recruited into the state well being workforce to enhance entry to specialised eye-care providers.
The commissioner additional disclosed that the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) had supplied free studying glasses, whereas the Vision Care for Development Foundation (VCDF), by its 10-year partnership with the Ministry of Health, had supported greater than 500 free cataract surgical procedures since April 2026.
Onojaeme mentioned highway walks, public consciousness campaigns and media actions could be held concurrently throughout the three senatorial districts as a part of efforts to teach residents on eye well being and encourage early presentation for remedy.
He warned Deltans towards self-medication and the usage of conventional preparations, herbs or unprescribed substances in treating eye situations, stressing that such practices may trigger critical and irreversible harm to imaginative and prescient.
The commissioner mentioned: “To each Deltan, my message is straightforward: Love your eyes, shield your sight and search assist early.
“Whenever you experience an eye problem, please visit the nearest government hospital or a qualified eye-care professional.”
Onojaeme recommended ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses, dishing out opticians and different healthcare workers for his or her dedication, saying Governor Sheriff Oborevwori remained dedicated to offering accessible, inexpensive and high quality healthcare to residents.
He urged Deltans to make eye well being a shared duty, stressing that early detection and remedy may stop pointless lack of sight.
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