GOVERNMENT, STAKEHOLDERS STRENGTHEN EYE HEALTH SERVICES

Posted on: 2024-09-11 14:51:27

The government has said that it is setting strategies that it will be able to develop and ensure that there are accurate statistics and information on eye health services in the country in parallel with emphasizing the health insurance fund for all

This was said by Dr. Caroline Damian Acting Director of Medicine Ministry of Health today September 11, 2024 at the opening of the working session between regional eye health coordinators and eye stakeholders held in Dodoma region.

"If we get everything infrastructure, equipment and medical equipment, but if we fail to manage the quality, we will not be able to do the work we are doing, so we have to manage the quality of eye health services." Dr. Caroline said

On his part Dr. Paul Chaote, Assistant Director of Health Affairs, Office of the President, TAMISEMI, said that there should be equality for stakeholders during the delivery of services to the areas where we deliver services so that

"In the area of eyes and teeth are areas that continue to do well but there has been a challenge of poor staff when it comes to employment there are no experts so I ask our brothers and sisters who are stakeholders in the eye health sector to look into this so that we can increase the number of professionals and a" He said Dr. Chaote

We as the government through the office of President TAMISEMI will continue to cooperate so that we can reach the citizens easily and improve the access to these eye health services as all areas have great needs.

Speaking at the meeting Mr. Edson Mwampopo, a stakeholder from the KCCO institution, said that the stakeholders are getting good cooperation from the Ministry of Health in implementing the projects that they manage

The representative of the Eye Health Coordinators at the regional level from the Coast Dr. Mnzava has said that he is asking the stakeholders to continue to cooperate in the health sector with the Ministry of Health to ensure the ease of coordination of the health sector.

"There are some regions that have no stakeholders and others have few stakeholders, so we emphasize your cooperation in order to simplify and strengthen the eye health services for the citizens," said Dr. Mzava.