Tanzania, March 29 -- Dar es Salaam. As the online sale of fashion spectacles and frames continues to rise, Tanzania's Ministry of Health has issued a warning, calling for tighter controls to protect the public from eye damage caused by unqualified sellers.

The Ministry has proposed that business licences for selling spectacles - including so-called fashion eyewear and sunglasses - should only be issued to traders who present a registration certificate from the Ministry of Health. The aim is to prevent untrained individuals from selling products that may harm eyesight.

The Registrar of the Optometry Council at the Ministry of Health, Mr Sebastiano Millanzi, said the move follows inspections conducted in Temeke, Kigamboni and Kinondoni d...