Health Care

Providing access to quality and affordable healthcare, Preventable Blindness Maternal and Child Health.

Blindness remains a major problem of public health significance in Nigeria. The National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey for Nigeria which was conducted in 2008, estimates that 1.1 million Nigerian adults are blind and an additional 3 million have visual impairment. Overall, 42 out of every 1000 adults aged 40 and above are blind. It is also estimated that 88% of the blindness and visual impairments in Nigeria are due to avoidable causes; most commonly cataract.

In line with Sustainable Development Goal 3 aimed at promoting good health and wellbeing, the Foundation will support free eye care services as part of its flagship and strategic initiative – “Vision for a Brighter Future”. Resources will be channeled into the provision of comprehensive eye care services; including cataract surgeries, improving and correcting refractive errors in underserved communities in high need states as well as screening, treating eye ailments in public schools and detection of glaucoma; the silent killer.

The key objectives of the “Vision for a Brighter Future” intervention include:

To reduce the prevalence of cataract in targeted states.
To reduce the burden of preventable blindness by correcting cases of refractive errors in adults in targeted states.
To screen children in public schools for refractive errors in targeted states.
To improve the capacity of health workers on primary eye care in targeted states.
To increase awareness on preventable blindness in targeted states.

In order to contribute in reversing this trend, the Foundation aims to support implementation of evidence – based, innovative, high – quality and sustainable interventions to ensure every mother can experience a healthy pregnancy and childbirth; and every child can thrive to realize their full potential, through its “Healthy Mother, Healthy Child” program.

The aim of the Foundation’s “Health Mother, Healthy Child” is to contribute to reducing the prevalence of under – five and maternal mortality rates in Nigeria.

The key objectives of the Foundation’s “Healthy Mother, Healthy Child” include:

To reduce the prevalence of under – five and maternal mortality in targeted states.
To reduce the proportion of women and their new – borns without basic and emergency care by skilled birth attendants in targeted states.
To improve the capacity of health workers to offer maternal and Child Health services through strengthened health systems in targeted states.