Mobile Eye Screening Unit for Underserved and Remote Communities

The project aims to build a mobile truck equipped for eye screening, offering free examinations and vision care services to low-income communities.
The initiative seeks to improve access to eye health services, raise awareness of vision problems, and provide the referrals and treatments needed.

• Improving free access to eye screening services for underserved communities.

• Raising awareness of vision problems and the importance of early detection.

• Providing medical referrals and the treatments needed for cases requiring further care.

• Reducing rates of preventable blindness and visual impairment.

• Early detection of treatable eye diseases.

• Improving access to vision care for underserved communities and remote areas.

• Serving those most in need, such as people on low incomes, older people and schoolchildren.

• Reducing rates of blindness and visual impairment caused by neglect or late diagnosis.

• Raising community health awareness about the importance of eye screening and how to prevent problems.

• An innovative, mobile field solution that addresses the shortage of medical facilities in remote areas.

• Low-income families.

• Residents of villages and remote areas.

• Older people.

• Schoolchildren.

• Improving quality of life by enabling people to see clearly, with positive effects on education, work and daily life.

• Early detection and treatment reduce complications and prevent permanent blindness.

• Fairer access to healthcare, particularly in areas with weak health infrastructure.

• Reducing the economic burden that untreated eye disease places on individuals and the health system.

• Providing field data that helps plan future public health programmes in eye care.

• Raising community awareness and strengthening a culture of regular screening and prevention.

• Strengthening community partnerships with health and education bodies and supporting institutions.

King Faisal Specialist Hospital – Madinah and the surrounding areas.

Total value of this project: SAR 1,500,000.