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Restoring eyesight to 80 in Papua New Guinea

Posted on February 27, 2018

Israeli medical specialists from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital have restored the eyesight of over 80 visually impaired people living in the eastern half of the island of New Guinea. Most of the patients had been blind, … Continue reading →

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Eye treatment in Nigeria

Posted on January 15, 2023

Israeli doctors regularly treat eye diseases in Africa (see here and here previously). Sheba Medical Center has now launched a humanitarian mission to Ilorin, Nigeria to treat eye-cancer in children and improve long-term quality optical care, by establishing an intra-arterial … Continue reading →

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Generators for Papua New Guinea

Posted on March 18, 2018

Last week I reported (here) that Israelis restored eyesight and built a dairy farm on Papua New Guinea. Now an earthquake has struck and Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) has delivered 40 generators to … Continue reading →

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Obama’s step-grandmother treated at Israeli hospital in Guinea

Posted on January 13, 2013

I had to blink hard when I read this. The 3rd wife of the US President’s grandfather has just undergone emergency eye treatment at the “Shalom” La Paz Medical Center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Israel’s Tel Hashomer hospital runs the … Continue reading →

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