Tribune News Network
Doha
Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented three campaigns to help reduce blindness in northern Nigeria, in coordination with the local government and the Ministry of Health.
Qatar Charity worked to cover all the needs of the beneficiaries’ medical care, including examinations, surgeries, medicines and eyeglasses, based on its strategy to combat blindness 2018-2020 and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) plan.
In Sokoto, Kano and Yobe, the three camps witnessed a great turnout as more than 3,425 patients were examined and 317 operations were performed.
In Sokoto, 1,209 patients were examined and 107 surgeries were performed, while in Kano and Yobe states, 1,216 people benefited in each of them, as many cases were examined. Urgent surgery was performed for many patients.
Doctors also gave educational lectures on preventing eye diseases and awareness of the coronavirus and the ways to prevent it.
According to Qatar Charity strategy to combat blindness 2018-2022, in the next five years, it will provide medical services to eye patients in 14 selected countries, including Sudan, Niger, Burkina Faso, Somalia, Kenya, Chad and Ghana, as well as Bangladesh, Indonesia, Yemen, Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan.
During the period, medical examination and dispensing of medicines will benefit one million eye patients and 60,000 surgeries will be performed, in addition to training and qualification of 50 doctors in modern eye surgery methods, and the establishment of five centres and clinics specialised in eye diseases and surgery.
Qatar Charity has contributed, in coordination with many partners, to alleviating the causes of visual impairment that lead to blindness in many countries through various programmes and activities such as implementing specialised medical camps for eye diseases in many countries, including Yemen, Sudan and Niger.
Doha
Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented three campaigns to help reduce blindness in northern Nigeria, in coordination with the local government and the Ministry of Health.
Qatar Charity worked to cover all the needs of the beneficiaries’ medical care, including examinations, surgeries, medicines and eyeglasses, based on its strategy to combat blindness 2018-2020 and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) plan.
In Sokoto, Kano and Yobe, the three camps witnessed a great turnout as more than 3,425 patients were examined and 317 operations were performed.
In Sokoto, 1,209 patients were examined and 107 surgeries were performed, while in Kano and Yobe states, 1,216 people benefited in each of them, as many cases were examined. Urgent surgery was performed for many patients.
Doctors also gave educational lectures on preventing eye diseases and awareness of the coronavirus and the ways to prevent it.
According to Qatar Charity strategy to combat blindness 2018-2022, in the next five years, it will provide medical services to eye patients in 14 selected countries, including Sudan, Niger, Burkina Faso, Somalia, Kenya, Chad and Ghana, as well as Bangladesh, Indonesia, Yemen, Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan.
During the period, medical examination and dispensing of medicines will benefit one million eye patients and 60,000 surgeries will be performed, in addition to training and qualification of 50 doctors in modern eye surgery methods, and the establishment of five centres and clinics specialised in eye diseases and surgery.
Qatar Charity has contributed, in coordination with many partners, to alleviating the causes of visual impairment that lead to blindness in many countries through various programmes and activities such as implementing specialised medical camps for eye diseases in many countries, including Yemen, Sudan and Niger.