The Australian government, through The Fred Hollows Foundation, collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to combat avoidable blindness by tackling trachoma as a public health issue.
This month, representatives from Fred Hollows visited Kiribati to train new project staff, enhance financial management and accounting skills, and advance planning for the upcoming year.
Upcoming activities include initiatives to improve facial cleanliness and the environment across Tarawa and the outer islands, surgeries to treat trachomatous trichiasis (which can cause blindness if untreated), and planning based on the results of the latest prevalence survey conducted in May.
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E a tia te rabwata ae te Fred Hollows Foundation man Te Tautaeka n Aotiteria n waaki n ikarekebai ma te Botaki n mwakuri ibukin te Mauri ao Katoki Aoraki ibukin totokoan te matakii.
Te kanganga iaon te mata bon teuana te aoraki ae e korakora iai rootakiia te botannaomata iaon Kiribati ao e waaki te rabwata aio rinanon aia mwakuri ni kamaunanakoai aorakin maata nako (trachoma).
E taku ana Ai Kamitin Aotiteria bwa a roko ana taan mwakuri te rabwata n te namwakaina aio iaon Kiribati ibukin aia waaki ni kataneiai iaon te tararuakin te mwane, ao ai bon karaoan babaronga ibukin reitinakoan te karikirake aio nakon te ririki ae boou.
Tabeua makuri ae na waakin te karikirake aio bon kaitiakan te ubu ao katamaroan te Enwaromenta iaon Tarawa ao aon aba, waaki ni korokoro ibukin bwaianaorakian buranimata ake a manga rinnako n te mata are ena kona ni karekea te mataki ngkana e a maan n aki bwabwainaorakiaki, ao ai bon noran mwin te kamatebwai iaon aorakin te mata are e karaoaki iaon Kiribati inanon Meei te ririki aio.
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