Former US president joins Dubai foundation to tackle blindness

The Carter Centre has entered into a three-year partnership with Noor Dubai to eliminate Trachoma, a condition leading to blindness, in Ethiopia.

DUBAI // Former US president Jimmy Carter has joined discussions with the Noor Dubai Foundation on how to help improve the treatment of blindness across the world.

The Dubai-based non-government organisation specialises in global blindness prevention, treatment and education and has benefited 23 million people in Asia and Africa.

It helps by conducting eye-saving surgeries, providing medication and glasses. Mr Carter is founder of the Carter Centre, a non-profit public policy centre to address global issues of disease and poverty.

The centre has entered into a three-year partnership with Noor Dubai to eliminate Trachoma, a condition leading to blindness, in Ethiopia.

Mr Carter was invited to speak at the foundation’s latest conference to help formulate a new five-year strategy.