The School Health Program team in collaboration with the Health Education Committee hosted the Eye Awareness Campaign on Monday 09/04/2012 at the Yarmouk Residential Clinics -King Abdulaziz Medical City - Riyadh under the title “The Right to Sight 20/20”.
The Vision 20/20: Right to Sight is a global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. The program is a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) as well as government institutions and associations. The National Guard Health Affairs contribution stems from being an interested party in the treatment of eye diseases and the fight against blindness.
The NGHA also aims to participate in the rehabilitation of visually impaired patients through developing the infrastructure of care centers, hiring highly trained medical staff, providing sufficient training as well as offering free services such as providing eyeglasses for school students and treating Glaucoma and Cataract for the elderly.
Furthermore, The Right to Sight International Eye Awareness Campaign contained several educational and awareness activities with participation of a leading company in eye and optics field, under the supervision of two ophthalmologists: Badriya Al Anizi and Athra Al Rashid, where they made several check ups including the pressure of the eye and the power of sight for 400 visitors. In addition, a number of awareness publications were distributed covering several topics such as eye diseases, sight, treatment and prevention methods of Glaucoma, Cataract, crossed eyes, lazy eye, methods of treating refractive defects and retinal detachment. Finally, the patient’s questions were answered and gifts were distributed to the winners at the end of the Campaign.