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Akuffo KO

Department of Optometry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Biography

Dr Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Optometry and Visual Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, where he contributes to training the next generation of optometrists and vision scientists.He has been trained in retinal photograph grading at the Reading Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. With this training, he has completed grading of approximately 10,000 retinal photographs taken as part of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) for AMD, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. He is also a member of the TILDA Vision Group.

Publications

Ergonomic Challenges of Employees Using Computers at Work in a Tertiary Institution in Ghana

Objective: Ergonomically designed workstations have direct bearing on the comfort and safety of office computer users. Tremendous usage of computers in most offices of emerging economies have however, not seen accompanying applications of ergonomics in the design of computer workstations despite the numerous benefits. Injuries and discomforts there... Read More»

Kumah DB, Akuffo KO, Affram DE, Ankamah E and Osae EA

Research Article: Optom open access 2016, 1:107

DOI: 10.4172/2476-2075.1000107

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