Alliance to Fight Avoidable Blindness

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea, Mali, Niger

The Alliance primarily focuses on cataract treatment and human resource development in the field of opthalmology. To date, eight member countries of IsDB have benefitted from the Alliance's operations. The Alliance's activities are executed by the National Health Ministries of beneficiary countries and 3 NGOs which are Nadi Al Bassar, Arab Medical Union, and The Morccan Medical Association of Solidarity. Alliance activities in the above mentioned beneficiary countries for the years 2010-12 are: perform additional cataract interventions for approximately another 50,000 operations by the end of 2012, specialized training for at least 50 eye care personnel in each beneficiary country, ensure supporting specialized degrees for at least 15 new specialized ophthalmologist and ophthalmic nurses in each beneficiary country.