Organization: Weill Bugando Medical Centre
With the support of two ophthalmologists at Bugando Medical Center, Dr. Evarista Mgaya and Dr. Christopher Mwanansao, his host mentor Dr. Robert Peck, and WCM mentor Dr. Grace Sun, Richmond researched the prevalence of diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy, associated risk factors, and knowledge gaps among people with diabetes and hypertension attending outpatient clinics at Bugando Medical Center. Richmond also collaborated with local medical students on their ophthalmology rotation to run screening sessions. The research results showed a higher than expected prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and revealed knowledge gaps among people with hypertension about the effects of high blood pressure on the eye.