H.H. Sheikh Mohammed launches humanitarian programme tackling river blindness

Sunday, 10 May 2026 12:53

By ARN News Staff

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched a humanitarian programme to eliminate river blindness.

Implemented by Noor Dubai - an international charitable initiative for the prevention and treatment of blindness and impaired vision under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - it has the aim of reaching 7 million people over the next 3 years.

On his official account on social media platform X, Sheikh Mohammed wrote: "Empowering people by combating the darkness they live in is one of the noblest humanitarian tasks... And every eye to which we restore light is a new eye that sees the beauty of this world, a new hope, and a new life."

Mohammed bin Rashid: Under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, we have launched a new humanitarian programme to eliminate river blindness, with the aim of reaching 7 million people over the next 3 years. The initiative will be implemented by Noor Dubai.… pic.twitter.com/QqdcpUp9qY
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) May 10, 2026

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