| Category: Social Welfare |
– In Progress Year of Grant: 2007 |
| Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece |
Hellenic Organization for Prevention and Diagnosis of Vision Problems
Mobile Eye Clinic
For a mobile unit for ophthalmologic prevention and diagnosis. The unit travels to various border regions and remote parts of Greece in cooperation with local authorities and offers its services free of charge to adults and children.
Funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Mobile Eye Unit has visited since its establishment several municipalities in the prefectures of Epirus, Laconia, Larisa, Pieria, as well as islands in the Cyclades and Dodecanese. A total of 3,076 people were examined during the visits, including 2,074 adults and 1,002 children.
The Hellenic Organization for Prevention and Diagnosis of Vision Problems was founded in September 2007. Its mission is to prevent and diagnose ophthalmologic problems in people who live in remote parts of the country and who are unable to obtain decent eye care due to shortages of doctors and complementary health facilities.
