The Africa Clear Sight Partnership Project is a collaborative effort between CHAK, ACHAP and Restoring Vision. The purpose of the project is to improve the quality of life for people with presbyopia in seven regions in Kenya.

Project goal
To increase awareness and education on presbyopia, its risk factors, associated impairment and effects on quality of life with the aim of alleviating the near-vision-associated visual impairment.

Objectives

• To build and strengthen the capacity of health workers to offer screening for presbyopia and provide high-quality reading glasses to individuals identified with presbyopia.
• To reach out to 1.2 million persons with awareness and education messages on presbyopia, the risk factors, associated impairment and effects on quality of life to create demand for screening and linkage to care.
• To screen 400,000 persons for presbyopia and provide 100,000 reading glasses to individuals in need.
• To strengthen community and facility-based monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for presbyopia interventions.
• To advocate for review of national guidelines and protocols to a more responsive management framework for presbyopia.

Phase one of the project is being implemented in Nairobi/ Central, Nyanza Western and Turkana regions. In phase two, the project will be implemented in a total of seven regions.

 Project Activities

• Capacity building for health care workers
• Free distribution of reading glasses
• Awareness and education
• Screening and management of presbyopia at community and health facility level
• Strengthening community and facility-based monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) systems
• Advocacy for policy review
• Warehousing

The first phase of the project is expected to run from January to December 2024.