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

SAVE VISION
collaboration in this program, as well as
other relief endeavors, has been
harmonious and long standing.
• FIMA International Ophthalmic
Committee: formed in 2006, to foster
proper and wide implementation of Save
Vision aims and objectives.
• The London International Conference on
Development of Better Health Services in
Darfur-Sudan, March 12-13,2010
organized by: British Friends of Sudan
(BFOSS), in collaboration with Ahfad
University for Women, Development
Action Now (DAN)-Sudan, and the
London Middle East Institute-School of
oriental and African Studies-University of
London.
• Seminar-Workshop held in Cairo-Egypt,
November 23-26,2008, in collaboration
with WHO-EMRO, and International
Agency for Prevention of Blindness
(IAPB), under Vision-2020.
FIMA International Ophthalmic Committee:
Meeting- Kasala-Sudan,2006
• The World Assembly of Muslim Youth
(WAMY)-Saudi Arabia: collaboration in
holding of eye camps the African
countries: Chad, Senegal, Nijer and Mali.
• An agreement with “ Sri Lanka Eye
Donation Society”-August 2007, to
provide live corneas for transplantation.
This society has good setup for
procurement and donation, with surplus
corneas.
• Islamic International Relief Organization
(IIRO)-Saudi Arabia: collaboration in eye
camp in Burkina Faso, June 15,2009.
Conventions:
FIMA Save Vision representatives have
participated in the following conventions:
• Symposium (VISION 2020 in Africa-The
Next 10 Years), held in Bahrain, March
27-28,2009, in collaboration with WHO-
EMRO, International Agency for
Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), and the
Middle East African Council of
Ophthalmology (MEACO).
Awards:
FIMA Save Vision Program won the American
College of Physicians (ACP) Award of 2009,
named (Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Award). In a
formal letter, from ACP Chair-Awards
Committee, Dr. Barbara J. Jurner, to FIMA Save
Vision Chairman, the following significant
paragraphs are worth documenting:
“ Dear Dr. Hafeez Ur Rahman, As Chair of the
Awards Committee of the American College of
Physicians, I am pleased to inform you that, based
on the recommendations of my Committee, the
Board of Regents has voted to elect FIMA Save
Vision as our 2009 recipient of the Richard and
Hilda Award #2 …”
“ The competition for this award was extremely
stiff but FIMA Save Vision’s contributions were
the most outstanding”.
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