Foundations join to eliminate eye disease in Ethiopia

Jimmy Carter, former US president, with Essa Al Maidoor, chairman of Noor Dubai Foundation, and Dr Manal Taryam, chief executive of Noor Dubai Foundation. Courtesy Noor Dubai Foundation

A delegation from Noor Dubai Foundation, led by chairman Essa Al Maidoor, has visited The Carter Centre, a non-profit group in the US.

Jimmy Carter, former US president and the centre’s chairman, welcomed the delegation and presented a report on the progress of the trachoma elimination programme being conducted by the foundation and the centre in Ethiopia.

The three-year programme was initiated in January last year to eliminate the eye infection from the Amhara region, the part of the country where it is considered most prevalent.