Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Established in 1990 to work in the field of prevention and eradication/controlling of blindness & blinding diseases, Al-Basar International Foundation مؤسسة البصر الخيرية العالمية (executive office in Saudi Arabia) is a non-profitable, non-political, international NGO, registered in many countries. Having its own comprehensive ‘blindness control program’, Al-Basar International is organizing mobile out-reach programs called ‘Al Basar Caravan’ (traditionally known free eye camps) in the needy countries of Africa & Asia having high incidence of eye diseases, some of which can cause blindness, with the facilities of complete schedules of post-operative follow-up. The countries were selected on the basis of empirical studies and statistical information.The foundation decided to begin establishing specialist hospitals in areas of geographic importance, which suffer from high rates of ophthalmic diseases and act as dispatch points for the eye camps. Equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology, the hospitals have attracted and treated large numbers of patients who could not be treated in the camps. The Foundation has also set up institutes to provide medical and surgical training to physicians and technicians in the field of ophthalmology.. }
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- Al_Basar_International_Foundation abstract "Established in 1990 to work in the field of prevention and eradication/controlling of blindness & blinding diseases, Al-Basar International Foundation مؤسسة البصر الخيرية العالمية (executive office in Saudi Arabia) is a non-profitable, non-political, international NGO, registered in many countries. Having its own comprehensive ‘blindness control program’, Al-Basar International is organizing mobile out-reach programs called ‘Al Basar Caravan’ (traditionally known free eye camps) in the needy countries of Africa & Asia having high incidence of eye diseases, some of which can cause blindness, with the facilities of complete schedules of post-operative follow-up. The countries were selected on the basis of empirical studies and statistical information.The foundation decided to begin establishing specialist hospitals in areas of geographic importance, which suffer from high rates of ophthalmic diseases and act as dispatch points for the eye camps. Equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology, the hospitals have attracted and treated large numbers of patients who could not be treated in the camps. The Foundation has also set up institutes to provide medical and surgical training to physicians and technicians in the field of ophthalmology.".