Medication error affecting newborns' sight: a national response.

There have been several reports in Kenya of the wrong use of chlorhexidine digluconate solution 7.1% in the eyes of babies, resulting in chemical injury. Nyawira Mwangi spoke with Michael Gichangi, lead ophthalmologist at Kenya's Ministry of Health, about this problem

Policy making to address imbalances in human resources for eye health in rural Kenya

A human resources mapping study in 2011 highlighted that Kenya had attained the WHO target of 4 ophthalmologists per million population. However, 49% of the ophthalmologists were based in the capital city and served only 8% of the overall population. The cataract surgical rate was 553 operations per million population per year, which is significantly below the required rate of 2,000 per million population per year