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FIMA Save Vision

Origination

The FIMA Save Vision (FSV) program, initiated in response to the Darfur crisis in 2004, has evolved into a global effort to combat preventable blindness. Led by renowned ophthalmologists, the program has established eye care facilities and conducted training workshops across Africa and Asia. Notable achievements include the creation of eye hospitals in Sudan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Somaliland, as well as the implementation of training programs for local medical personnel. The program has significantly improved access to eye care, reduced cataract surgery waiting times, and trained numerous eye specialists, thereby enhancing healthcare infrastructure in underserved regions. FIMA Save Vision’s efforts have been recognized with prestigious awards and have inspired additional initiatives under the FIMA umbrella, demonstrating the transformative power of international collaboration in addressing public health challenges.

Darfur Crisis

  • The Darfur crisis of 2004, a total of 2 eye surgeons were available for a population of 4 million people and there was no eye surgeon available for 2 million people. Free eye camps were conducted under FIMA in North Darfur and West Darfur, during January 2005, performing a total of 500 eye surgeries.
  • On the behest of the Sudanese government another free eye camp was carried out in the region of west Darfur which did not have any eye surgeon or equipment. Under FIMA 500 cataract surgeries were successfully conducted and another 1005 successful cataract surgeries were accomplished in the subsequent weeks.

First FIMA Eye hospital

  • The first FIMA Eye hospital was established in West Darfur (Genea) in the successive months of the above-mentioned eye camp to cater to the remaining 1000 patients and the general population of West Darfur. According to the latest reports more than 10,000 cataract surgeries have been performed in this hospital.
  • In 2006, a team of doctors from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Egypt and South Africa performed eye camps in Gadarif and Kasala(Sudan) successfully conducting 1000 cataract surgeries.

FIMA Save Vision

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Eye Camps

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Sight Restoring Surgeries

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OPD's

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Screenings of School Children

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Prisons Covered

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Graduated In Diploma and Master Degree Program

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Successful Free Eye Camps Conducted In:

Establishment Of

FIMA Eye care centre in Putallam

  • Establishment of FIMA Eye care centre in Putallam, Sri Lanka in 2008 greatly enhanced the overall eye care facilities for the local population leading to thousands of successful eye surgeries and training of local doctors.