QC’s health initiatives benefited the vulnerable globally last year

Qatar Charity (QC) implemented five health initiatives in several countries in 2023, benefiting tens of thousands of children and individuals from impoverished families, a statement said Wednesday.This is part of QC’s 2021-2025 health strategy to contribute to improving the healthcare situation in several developing countries suffering from low primary healthcare service coverage. This is achieved by increasing the coverage of primary and secondary healthcare services, thus promoting sustainable healthcare development.Nine projects were implemented as part of ‘Alquloob Alrahimah’ (Compassionate Hearts), benefiting 265 children in Senegal, Somalia, Bangladesh, Ghana and Pakistan. This is an initiative specialised in repairing congenital heart defects in children using cardiac catheterisation, without open-heart surgery.QC implemented the Ibsar (Eyesight) initiative aimed at combating preventable blindness, benefiting 5,665 individuals in 10 countries: Senegal, Somalia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nepal and Nigeria. Some 65 projects were implemented and 5,600 cataract surgeries were conducted.Under the Sinaeat Alibtisamah (Making a Smile) initiative for treating children with cleft lip, 20 projects were implemented in five countries: Ghana, Somalia, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Nigeria, benefiting 1,000.Man Ahyaha (Who revived it?), an initiative to treat children under the age of five and suffering from severe and acute malnutrition, was implemented in Somalia and Pakistan and benefited 5,607 people.An initiative to treat cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and strokes), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes was implemented in Somalia, Ivory Coast, Pakistan and Ghana, benefiting 2,500 patients.