A cataract prevention campaign for the benefit of 300 people

The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation and the Hassan II Ophthalmology Foundation, is organising a medico-social cataract surgery campaign until 9 April.The medico-social cataract surgery campaign in the Laâyoune Sakia Al Hamra region is targeting more than 300 beneficiaries, confirmed the regional director of the Ministry of Health, Rochdi Qadar. This free campaign, initiated until 9 April by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation (FIFM) and the Hassan II Ophthalmology Foundation, will benefit the region's population and is part of the Ministry's 2012-2016 strategy to combat cataracts, he stated. Targeting the underprivileged population in the provinces of Laâyoune, Boujdour, Smara and Tarfaya, this initiative is also part of the continuous training of medical and paramedi…