Noor Dubai in Ethiopia for trachoma drive
The three-year programme is aimed to treat 18 million individuals living under poverty in 167 districts across Amhara region.
A delegation from Noor Dubai Foundation recently travelled to Ethiopia’s Amhara to examine the progress of its latest initiative, the trachoma elimination programme, which is taking place in collaboration with the Carter Centre.
The three-year programme is aimed to treat 18 million individuals living under poverty in 167 districts across Amhara region, one of the most Trachoma endemic regions of the world.
The delegation examined the progress of the four main areas of the programme: Surgeries and operational theaters, medicine and antibiotics distribution, latrines and educational health programs.
Essa Al Maidoor, Chairman of the Noor Dubai Foundation, said: “The Noor Dubai’s trachoma Elimination programme in Ethiopia began in November 2013, and will run for three years to completely eradicate the blinding disease from the Amhara region.
The initiative will benefit over 7,900 villages. Our Embassy in Ethiopia, headed by the UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia, Dr Yousif Eisa Hassan Al Sabri, emphasised on the importance of such charitable initiatives and highlighted the role Noor Dubai plays in putting the UAE among the leading countries in humanitarian efforts.”
Dr Manal Omran Taryam, Board Member and CEO of Noor Dubai Foundation, explained: “Trachoma is a bacterial infection of the eye that eventually causes blindness if left untreated, and is caused mainly by the lack of tools for basic hygiene, clean water and adequate sanitation. Children bear the highest burden of Trachoma infections and women are almost twice as likely as men to develop its advanced stage, Trichiasis, due to their role as the traditional caregivers for children who may unknowingly pass their infection on to their mothers.”
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Source: khaleejtimes.com
Staff Reporter / 18 May 2014
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