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The Eye department in Altnagelvin Hospital (Western Health and Social Care Trust) have a 3 year link programme with ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. We are concentrating on improving the eye service to children in Kano. We have formulated specific goals like improving outcomes following cataract surgery in children, improving anaesthetic care and theatre safety, changing the mortality from retinoblastoma – a childrens eye cancer. Different key people have been identified in each hospital and each year there is a visit lasting one to three weeks from Kano to Altnagelvin and vice versa. We’re encouraged by the improvements that have already occurred and look forwards to the next visit of the Kano team to N.Ireland in May. [Rosie Brennan]
