“Nour Dubai” launches the first treatment camp in Uzbekistan

“Nour Dubai Charity”, one of the initiatives of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Foundation”, announced a new station in its humanitarian career by expanding its services to include the Central Asian region, through the implementation of the first treatment camp specializing in combating blindness in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This leading move comes in close cooperation with the Uzbekistan government, in a step that is the first of its kind between the Uzbek government and an Emirati charity in the health field.

The therapeutic camp, which spanned from March 25 to April 19, 2025, targeted areas that lack specialized health services in each of the capital, “Tashkent”, the cities of “Samarkand” and “Bukhara”, which contributed to the delivery of diagnostic, surgical services and free medicines for more than 850 patients, and 280 accurate surgeries in ophthalmology, in cooperation with the Republican Specialized Center for Microscopic Eye Surgery It is affiliated with the Ministry of Health in Uzbekistan, which provides its health services across 13 medical branches in the Republic, where the number of patients benefiting from the camp is expected to reach 1,000 patients by May 2025.

Awad Sagheb Al -Ketbi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nour Dubai Foundation, said that the initiative embodies the vision of Dubai in building bridges of humanitarian cooperation with the various peoples of the world, and consolidating the state’s position as a incubator for good and sustainable development, praising the fruitful cooperation with the Uzbek government to enable the Emirati medical teams to implement the campaign and allocate the resources necessary for its success.

He stressed that the Nour Dubai Foundation is going with a clear vision in expanding its activities to new regions, through sustainable initiatives that reflect the commitment of the UAE to achieve health development goals and promote the quality of life, noting that the implementation of free therapeutic camps represents a model for integration between humanitarian vision and specialized medical work.

He thanked and gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “may God bless him”, for his continuous support for the “Nour Dubai” Foundation, which was launched under the directives of His Highness in 2008, and has since been able to deliver its health and preventive services to more than 33 million beneficiaries around the world.

Al -Ketbi appreciated the support of Sheikha Mozah Bint Suhail Al -Khaili, for the therapeutic camps that started from the Philippines, and extended to Uzbekistan, in preparation for expanding initiatives towards other countries in various continents of the world.

Dr. Manal Omran Tarim, member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Director of the “Nour Dubai Charity”, pointed to the success of the treatment camp organized by the Foundation in the Republic of Uzbekistan, which has a population of 36.7 million, of whom 2.3 million are in “Tashkent”, 600 thousand in the city More than 5.6 %, and white waters are 0.6 %.

She pointed out that this camp is the beginning of the implementation of a number of health programs that use advanced technologies to deliver health care services to their needy in rural areas to facilitate the access of beneficiaries of these services in a way that contributes to supporting the sustainable development goals.
A scientific study targeting children in Uzbekistan showed that the cataracts were responsible for 35% of blindness or severe vision impairment, and the visual disability rate in women reaches 58% of the total visual disability statistics, due to the difficulty of accessing treatment services.

According to the records of the International Agency for Blindness (IAPB), the number of licensed ophthalmologists in Uzbekistan reaches about 300 doctors, the specialists are stationed in the capital, while rural areas suffer from a lack of ophthalmologists, and the costs of treatment for white water operations reach between 800 – 900 US dollars per eye, which constitutes a large financial burden on patients in rural areas of those with people Low income.