Globally, about 2.2 billion people have a visual impairment, of whom about 1 billion have not yet received treatment. The global need for eye treatment is expected to escalate dramatically in the coming decades (WHO, 2020). Africa has the world’s most significant proportion of untreated near vision impairment at 80%, and population growth and aging are expected to increase the risk of more people developing visual impairment (WHO, 2020).
Therefore, the association has established many specialized eye health facilities, such as the Chad Eye Hospital and eye hospitals in Niger (Niame, Marada, and Chad). These technical ophthalmological health facilities are among the supportive foundations in the fight against avoidable blindness. They have been established in the most avoidable blindness regions in the world, namely Chad and Niger. In addition, the association implements integrated programs to combat blindness in coordination with other specialized bodies to examine and treat eye diseases, perform the necessary surgeries, and distribute eyeglasses to the needy, where tens of thousands of disease cases are reviewed annually, hundreds of lenses have been implanted, and thousands of glasses are distributed. Medical.
Recently, at the beginning of October 2022, the Direct Aid Office in the State of Senegal organized two eye camps from donations and dear friends and friends of aid in the “Your Aid is Nour” campaign, 29 Ramadan 2022 AD. The first camp ended in Kolda on October 7, 2022, with 1,532 surgeries beginning, and the second camp was carried out in Dakar, with a total of 1,735 surgeries, in partnership with the Eye of the World team.
Recently, at the beginning of October 2022, the Direct Aid Office in Senegal organized two camps for eyes from the donations of our valued partners and friends in the campaign “Your Aid is Nour 29 Ramadan 2022 AD“. The first camp ended in Kolda on October 7, 2022, with 1,532 surgeries, and the second camp was carried out in Dakar, with a total of 1,735 surgeries, in partnership with the Eye of the World team.
The direct aid strategy in ophthalmology programs, through the operation of the Eye Hospital in Chad, aims to increase the number of cataract operations from 30,000 to 33,000 by 2024. Also, through the implementation of a project to screen school students to prevent vision problems (drugs Preventive), the number of examinations for the association’s school students and orphans with short-sighted and short-sighted diseases will be increased compared to the total number of students and orphans to cover 90% of our students by 2024. In addition to the intensification of eye camps in all African societies in which direct aid works, these activities are carried out by increasing The number of effective partnerships with medical institutions specialized in eye diseases has reached twelve effective partnerships. These partnerships provide high-quality service and transfer expertise to local medical staff to sustain the work of ophthalmology camps in remote and poor African communities and villages.