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Eritrea Profile 20112019.Pdf Vol. 26 No. 76 Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Pages 8, Price 2.00 NFA TRAINING ON COMMUNICATION AND SEMINAR TO FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS IN JEDDAH REPORT WRITING CONCLUDES A five day training on introduction to effective report communication and report writing, reporting requirements, writing organized by the Office role of writing in audit process, of Auditor General in cooperation principles of effective writing, with the African Organization audit planning and crafting for Supreme Audit Institutions- messages among others. English Speaking Countries (AFROSAI-E) at Asmara Palace Indicating that the objective of Hotel concluded. The training included continued on page 5 Foreign minister Osman significant contribution to the briefing on the investment Saleh conducted seminar to peace and stability in the region. opportunities that are being the participants of the Eritrean initiated in the sectors of community festival in Jeddah Minister Osman reiterated that agriculture and innovation giving and its environs on the objective over the past 20 years the external priority to nationals and called on situation in the homeland and conspiracies and hostilities have the participants to take advantage regional developments as well been foiled through the staunch of the opportunity created. as on the charted out national resilience of the Eritrean people development program with a and Government. view to improving the livelihood of citizens. Minister Osman went on to say that in this new era, big TH Noting that the peace and development programs are being COMMEMORATION OF 40 ANNIVERSARY friendship agreement signed initiated including transportation between Eritrea and Ethiopia infrastructure, expansion OF FOUNDING OF NUEW attests to the relentless diplomatic of ports, water and energy effort by the Government of supply, development of modern Eritrea, Minister Osman said agriculture among others. Commemoration event of the that the Eritrean women have activities of the Union vis-à-vis that the positive engagement and 40th Anniversary of the founding played significant role in realizing the achievements registered and respect to each other will have Minister Osman further gave of the National Union of Eritrean national independence and in challenges encountered since Women was conducted in Jeddah the nation-building process and 2002. and its environs in the presence stressed the need for strengthened of Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of participation for full emancipation The head of Public and Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Tekea of women. Community Affairs in Jeddah and HARVEST COLLECTION POPULAR Tesfamichael, Presidents of the its environs, Mr. Saleh Mahmud, NUEW. Ms. Tekea went on to say that the also called for strengthened CAMPAIGN participation of Eritrean women organizational capacity in The event featured cultural in higher education has increased congruent with the new era of The residents of Golij sub-zone are carrying out harvest collection performances and photo exhibition by 45% and that attests to the peace in the region. popular campaign at the Gerset agricultural development. depicting activities by the union achievements registered. The participants of the popular campaign said that owing to this branch in Jeddah and its environs. In related news, Ms. Tekea year’s generous rainfall the crops in the area are in good condition Explaining about the 40 years Ms. Nura Haj, chairwoman Tesfamichael conducted similar and are ready for harvest. journey of the National Union of of the union branch in Jeddah, seminar to the Eritrean women Eritrean Women, Ms. Tekea said also presented report on the residing in Kuwait. They also said that the objective of the popular campaign is to collect crops that are ready for harvest before they are exposed to unexpected rainfall. Mr. Desie Zeremichael, Administrator of the sub-zone, explained that 94 thousand hectares of land have been cultivated in the area and commended the strong participation of the residents to collect the harvest on time. In the same vein, harvest collection popular campaign is being carried out by the residents of 17 administrative areas of Emni- Haili sub-zone and members of the Eritrean Defense Forces since 23 October. According to report from the Ministry of Agriculture branch in the sub-zone, so far harvest collection has been carried out on 6731 hectares of land. Eritrea Profile, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Vol. 26 No. 76 2 Restoring Sight: Himalayan Cataract project Team in Eritrea Miriam Tekeste Dr. Kahsai confirmed, beside the work done by the team, providing Since Eritrea’s independence the right equipment for proper there has been significant eye care was another important improvement in the provision aid that led to the successful of health care. In an effort to implementation of the program. improve health care further, In this connection, director of the Ministry of Health has been the HCP, Dr. Reeta Gurung, said, working in partnership with ‘Fred Hollows Intraocular Lens organizations in order to provide Laboratories’ that were set up medical assistance to people who in Eritrea and Nepal in the same have special cases, one of which period are supplying the market is eye care. with lens at a fair price. The Himalayan cataract project Through the HCP outreach (HCP) ophthalmologists’ team, program, many Eritrean patients which stayed in Eritrea from 10th were able to get their sight back. to 15th November, conducted eye At the hospital people were surgery to about one thousand expressing their joy thanking people who had been in a waiting the doctors and nurses. Bruk list. The team, consisting of 18 Mulugeta, eight, is one of the members, including Dr. Menghis youngest patients who underwent Bairu, a representative from the surgery. Although cataract Eritrea, arrived with essential usually affects people in their 70s, equipment for the mission. The successful operations with the surgery, exchanging knowledge for surgery when we find them it can occur at any age. Bruk is a members of the team include collaboration of Eritrean doctors and experience is another qualified to do the surgery.” In 2nd grade student and has been surgeons, medical volunteers, and nurses. advantage of working together in this way, many Eritrean cataract facing difficulties while learning media professionals and HCP partnership. patients were able to get cured at school until his teachers staff from Nepal, the USA and The Himalayan cataract project from blindness. pointed out his problem to his Ethiopia. During its short stay, was created in 1994 by Dr. In Eritrea, the HCP parents. But when examined he the HCP team was able to perform Geoffrey Tabin and Dr. Sanduk ophthalmologists’ team conducted Cataract is responsible for was diagnosed with cataract and Ruti with a view to establishing a surgery in Asmara at Birhan Aini half of all avoidable blindness. went on for surgery. When asked sustainable eye care infrastructure Hospital. Around one thousand Cataract is formed when the eye’s after surgery, Bruk said with a in the Himalaya. At the beginning, patients became beneficiaries natural lens becomes cloudy as smile, “I can see” nodding his HCP responded to a pressing need of the program. According to a result of eye tissues breaking head up and down. of eye care in the Himalayan Dr. Kahsai Fisehatsion, Medical down and proteins clumping region. With programs in Nepal, Director of Birhan Aini Hospital, together. It impairs vision Mrs. Letu Fseha, who was Tibet, China, Bhutan, India, the patients are of different age, and can only be rectified with having difficulties taking care of Sikkim, and Pakistan the team including children and elderly cataract treatment. The surgery her family due to the problem of has been able to restore sight to people of both genders. Some of involves removing the patient’s cataract on her right eye, said she Published Every tens of thousands of blind people the patients had been in the waiting eye’s natural, clouded lens and had undergone the same operation Published Every every year since 1994. As a non- list of the hospital and others replacing it with an artificial one. in 2010 on her left eye and was SaturdayPublished & Wednesday Every profit organization its top priority came from Keren, Mendefera, Cataract blindness can be cured doing fine until her right eye got Wednesday & Saturday is to reach the greatest number of Barentu, Massawa and other parts with a 10-15 minute procedure. infected and added, “But now, I Saturday & Wednesday unserved blind people, with the of Eritrea. Dr. Kahsai also said, However, to carry out this life am able to see clearly through highest quality care, at the lowest “We first do medical examination changing surgery it is important both my eyes.” Similarly, Mr. Acting Editor possible cost. on the patients and prepare them to have the right equipment. As Alem Fseha gave his gratitude Acting Editor to the surgeons for helping him Amanuel Mesfun Amanuel Mesfun Besides, as Mr. to get a clear vision. He said, [email protected] Brandan Brendan “Thank you all, because of you, [email protected] Callahan, program I’ll be able to do my job without P.O.Box: 247 manager of HCP, any problem.” P.O.Box: 247 explained, the HCP Tel: 11-41-14 basically focuses Regarding the success of the Fax: 12-77-49 on three things program, Mr. Brendan Callahan, E-mail: -- providing the program manager of HCP, said E-mail: right equipment that the efficient preparation [email protected]@[email protected] zena.gov.er to clinics and in Eritrea has played great role Advertisement: 12-50-13 hospitals for proper in the success of the program. eye care, providing When Asked if there were any challenges in their work, Mr. Layout training to medical Layout professionals Callahan said, “Everything has Azmera Berhane inside their country been really smooth. The hospital AAzmerazmera BerhaneBerhane or abroad and AidaSaraSara JoharAlem performing cataract surgery.
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