Kenya urged to embrace cornea donation amid acute shortage

Kenya is facing an urgent shortage of corneas needed to restore sight for nearly 30,000 people. The crisis persists as communities continue to struggle with long-held fears about organ donation and the stigma surrounding cornea transplants, even though the procedure relies solely on tissue taken from the deceased. Now, Kenya’s eye bank is appealing to the public to embrace cornea donation, stressing that the sight-restoring tissue must be harvested immediately after death.