2024-04-22
Two cohorts of the “Cataract Blindness Elimination Program” have been completed in Djibouti since its launch in February 2023 and the third cohort is currently underway. More than 1700 free cataract surgeries have been completed since February 2023.
In the year of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Djibouti, GX Chairman, Mr. LEUNG Chun-ying, Board member, Dr. KO Wing-man, CEO, Prof. Emily CHAN Ying-yang attended the celebration ceremony of the 1st anniversary of the “Cataract Blindness Elimination Program” launch in Djibouti. During their visit, they met with the Djiboutian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, and high level officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as visited the China-aided hospital in Tadjoura.
At the celebration ceremony, Chairman LEUNG announced that GX will donate 5000 rapid dengue test kits and 1800 Chikungunya test kits to the Djiboutian Ministry of Health to assist the country’s fight against vector-borne diseases. The project on the protection against dengue fever will be launched locally soon to foster people-to-people connectivity through medical assistance.
As they were in Djibouti during Eid al-Fitr, which marked the end of the month-long fasting in Ramadan, Chairman LEUNG visited patients who had completed their surgeries and gifted them local and Chinese snacks.
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