FIMA Year Book 2010-2011 - Federation of Islamic Medical ...

SAVE VISION
Children Family blindness- Katsina, Nigeria
Prevention of Blindness Trust (POB) - FIMA
Save Vision in Pakistan:
Prevention of Blindness Trust (POB) was
established by the Pakistan Islamic Medical
Association (PIMA) in 2005, and officially
registered in 2007, with main objectives parallel to
those of FIMA Save Vision.
Leaders of this project have been the main
activists and pioneers of FIMA Save Vision
Program. The thrust of POB has been mainly in
Pakistan, including camps of Afghan refugees and
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of
earthquakes, floods and hostilities. POB consist of
nine-member board of trustees, having vast
experiences and enthusiasm in medical relief,
nationally and internationally. It’s current
chairman is Dr. Intzar Hussein Butt, senior
ophthalmologist in The Services Institute of
Medical Sciences (SIMS)-Lahore, and leader of
many FIMA Save Vision camps, and training
activities in Asia and Africa. More than 200
highly qualified ophthalmologists from different
distinguished professional and training institutions
of Pakistan are committed to voluntary relief
work, within the folds of POB and FIMA Save
Vision activities for the achievement of excellence
in eye care, education and research for the welfare
of humanity, regardless of ethnicity, faith,
nationality or color.
FSV in Malakal- Sudan, 2008
Since its inception, POB has provided care for
about 3 million outpatients, and performed more
than 25 thousand, eye surgeries, mainly cataract
with IOL implantations. POB has arranged for
more than 270 free eye camps in 40 districts of
Pakistan, and has deployed experienced
ophthalmologists and paramedics, under umbrella
of FIMA Save Vision, to 12 African and Asian
countries with deficient eye care facilities and eye
care manpower.
During Pakistan earthquakes in 2005 and 2008,
internally IDPs in 2009, and the Monsoon 2010
floods, POB took the lead in provision of eye care,
and thousands of eye surgeries, as well as
participation in general relief activities.
The following are projects implemented or
planned by POB in Pakistan:
• 2010: A special eye care project for timely
identification and diagnosis of visual
impairments in childhood.
• Eye care for prison inmates. 8000
individuals examined, 45 eye surgeries
performed, and eye glasses distributed.
• A blind rehabilitation project has been
initiated to help building the talents of
blind individuals, including computer
training workshops. Hundred free white
canes were distributed.
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