ARMENIAN EYE CARE PROJECT TO CONDUCT FREE OF CHARGE EYE SCREENING FROM MARCH IN MARZES OF KOTAYK, LORI, SHIRAK AND TAVUSH

Noyan Tapan
Feb 07 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Eye Care Project
(AECP) American charity organization will conduct free of charge eye
screening in the coomunity of Kanaker-Zeytun, Yerevan, from February
19 till March 15. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Nune
Yeghiazarian, the Director of the Armenian office of the organization,
the initiative is being implemented within the framework of the
program entitled "Primary and Ophthalmologic Healthcare Alliance" of
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and AECP. In
her words, eye screenings will be conducted at 15 schools of the
community (including 4 special ones), 15 kindergartens, 3 charity
canteens as well at the district head’s office for the vulnerable
groups of the community.

N.Yeghiazarian mentioned that the AECP recently completed its
activity in the marz of Ararat where 13765 people were screened,
including 8084 children. 1080 patients were sent to the Mobile Eye
Hospital for further examination and treatment, 349 people were
operated on, and 124 ones got laser treatment. The organization
will conduct eye screenings in the marzes of Kotayk, Lori, Shirak
and Tavush starting from March. It was also mentioned that the AECP
continues doing works in the direction of founding the "Eye Bank"
at the S.Malayan Ophthalmological Center. It will be the only one
in the region and will be engaged in getting and conservation of
eye tissues, providing with transplants which will be used during
different eye operations. The AECP was founded in 1992, in the U.S.,
by American Armenian ophthalmologist Roger Ohanesian. The Yerevan
Office of the organization was opened in 2002.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress