The Road to the SDGs

Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia and Togo. X The second generation of AFAB, which is planning to perform many cataract surgical operations, currently comprises IsDB and ISFD in collaboration with more than 32 partners, including: – Light for the World (Austria) – Azerbaijan International Development Agency – Direct Aid (Kuwait) – Moroccan Medical Association for Solidarity – Al Bassar International Foundation – Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa – Tunisian Technical Cooperation Agency – Prevention of Blindness Union – International Agency for Prevention of Blindness. ACHIEVEMENTS X 15,000 cataract operations and 60,000 eye consultations have been conducted in nine MCs since 2019. X Capacity building programmes have been organised in Turkey and Tunisia for young African ophthalmologists from 13 IsDB MCs. X There are plans to further expand geographical coverage and resource mobilisation through non-conventional means such as crowdfunding. INVESTMENT X Together with ISFD, IsDB engaged in discussions with the 32 partners to consolidate their pledges and firm up their financial and technical commitments. X IsDB, through RL and ISFD, is coordinating the second generation of the Alliance, which will comprise a large-scale five-year Action Plan for each targeted country. A L L I A N C E T O F I G H T A V O I D A B L E B L I N D N E S S For the period 2019–2023, IsDB has raised US$250 million for treating cataracts in 13 African countries — Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia and Togo S I N C E 2 0 1 9 15,000 cataract operations and 60,000 eye consultations have been conducted in 9 MCs [ 115 ] T H E R O A D T O T H E S D G s | P R O G R E S S A N D A C H I E V E M E N T S