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A child during eye check-up. Poor eyesight quietly emerged as a major contributor to poor academic performance among school-going children. [iStock]
Every day, thousands of children across Kenya and Africa sit in classrooms squinting at blackboards they cannot clearly see, struggling to follow lessons that blur before their eyes. Many are labelled slow learners or inattentive. Meanwhile, on highways stretching from Nairobi to rural towns, drivers navigate busy roads with compromised vision, a silent danger hiding in plain sight.
Poor eyesight, experts warn, has quietly emerged as a major contributor to both road accidents and poor academic performance among school-going children in Kenya and across Africa. Yet, despite being largely preventable and treatable, uncorrected vision remains one of the most overlooked public health challenges of our time.
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