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Abba Hydara

Ophthalmologist and eye-health researcher

A Gambian legacy

Abba Hydara is a Gambian ophthalmologist associated with specialist care and national eye-health research. He has worked at the Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre in Kanifing and served as a principal investigator of The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019. His work includes glaucoma care and measuring the population’s eye-health needs.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Served as a principal investigator of The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019.

02Led clinical services at the Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre.

Eye healthGlaucomaPublic-health surveys

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