China's cataract eradication project brings hope to patients in Cambodia

STORY: China's cataract eradication project brings hope to patients in Cambodia SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:54 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the project 2. various of surgical operation 3. various of cataract patients 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): DUK SARUN, Cataract patient in Cambodia 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): SO SOPANHAVATEI, Director of Prey Veng Provincial Referral Hospital, Cambodia 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LU HUAWEN, Leader of Chinese medical team from Wuzhou Gongren Hospital, China STORYLINE: A cataract eradication project, backed by China's GX Foundation, has been carried out in five countries across Asia and Africa, including Cambodia, Laos, Djibouti, Mauritania and Senegal. Duk Sarun, a 68-year-old cataract patient in Cambodia, is the project's 10,000th patient globally and the 3,138th patient in Cambodia to benefit from free-of-charge cataract surgery performed by Chinese ophthalmologists. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): DUK SARUN, Cataract

CAMBODIA-PREY VENG-CHINA-CATARACT-ERADICATION

CAMBODIA-PREY VENG-CHINA-CATARACT-ERADICATION

(240129) -- PREY VENG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cataract patients visit Chinese ophthalmologists for follow-up after surgeries in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, Jan. 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's cataract eradication project brings hope for better life to patients in developing countries" (Photo by Liao Hongqing/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin attend the launching ceremony of project "Marche vers la lumière" at Benin Ministry of Health in Cotonou, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (2nd L, front) visits patients with cataract at a hospital in Lokossa, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

Chinese ophthalmologists commended for cataract operations in Burundi

STORY: Chinese ophthalmologists commended for cataract operations in Burundi DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:09 LOCATION: GITEGA, Burundi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese ophthalmologists carrying out cataract operations 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO JIANGPING, Chinese Ambassador to Burundi STORYLINE: Burundian First Lady Angeline Ndayishimiye on Thursday commended Chinese ophthalmologists who were carrying out cataract operations at the Umugiraneza Hospital of Kibimba in the district of Giheta, province of Gitega, central Burundi. During the campaign that began Wednesday, 47 vulnerable patients underwent cataract operations free of charge. "To reach economic development, citizens need to have good health and a good sight as well. We selected vulnerable people having the cataract disease in villages, and who are unable to pay for health care," said the first lady, also chairperson of the Good Action Umugiraneza Foundation that owns the Umugiraneza Hospital of Kibimba. Durin

Charity group in Yemen's capital helps patients to see light again

STORY: Charity group in Yemen's capital helps patients to see light again DATELINE: March 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:16 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Al-Barraq eye center in Sanaa, Yemen's capital 2. various of ophthalmologists performing surgery on patients 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL-MUGHNI AL-BURRAQ, Ophthalmologist 4. various of doctors conducting examinations 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD ALI AL-DROUBI, Local resident 6. various of doctors checking the patients 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SALEH MUQBIL, Local resident 8. various of people walking in the Al-Barraq eye center STORYLINE: A charity group in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, launched this week a free medical service campaign for the city's poor citizens suffering from eye diseases. The campaign provides free examination, regular treatment and surgeries for patients. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL-MUGHNI AL-BURRAQ, Ophthalmologist "The goal of the campaign is to help patients with limited income and who cannot affor