Abia reports 25 eye-care centres and 31,152 screenings
Abia State says it has established 25 eye clinics and vision centres across its 17 local government areas. The state’s Eye Health Management Bureau reported the programme’s cumulative outputs at a World Sight Day event in Umuahia on 15 October.
Event / data period: 2026-10-15
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At a World Sight Day event in Umuahia on 15 October, the administrator of the Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau reported the state’s eye-care programme figures. She said 25 centres had been established across the state’s 17 local government areas.
The programme’s reported totals covered just over two years. At the event, state officials linked eye health with road safety and urged drivers to use screening services. The report does not give a separate count of people screened specifically on the event day.
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Abia reports 25 eye-care centres and 31,152 screenings
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Abia eye-care programme
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Methodology
State programme outputs reported by the source; not independently audited.
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Abia eye-health programme outputs
Cumulative figures reported by the state bureau for just over two years.
| Eye clinics and vision centres | 25 | Established |
| Patients attended | 33884 | More than |
| People screened through outreach | 31152 | Source reports exact count |
| Surgeries | 2000 | More than |
| Glaucoma cases identified | 6381 | More than |
Methodology
Figures from the bureau administrator are not an independent audit. “More than” values are lower bounds.
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Geographic scope of the Abia programme
The source reports centre and local-government-area counts.
| Clinics and vision centres | 25 | Across the state |
| Local government areas | 17 | Abia State |
Methodology
Figures are the Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau’s account; this is not national coverage.
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