Mauritania 2007 (1)
First campaign of prevention of blindness in the Mauritanian city of Noaudhibo in co-operation with the Foundation Jorge Alio of Alicante, being the local counterpart the own council of Noaudhibou. From 15th to 24th of February

Material left in stock under the mayor of the city:

Metal Frames:38
Children Frames:78
Acetat Frames:300
Total:413
Optometrists:
Carmen Barnils- Visio Sense Fronteras (Barcelona)
Carmen Mijangos- Visio Sense Fronteras (Burgos)
Mª Isabel Signes- Visio Sense Fronteras (Alicante)
Raquel Pérez- Fundación Jorge Alió (Alicante)
Ophtalmologists:
Jose Luís Rodríguez Prats - Fundación Jorge Alió (Alicante)
The cost of the lenses and the frames and the the assembling of the glasses has been financed by Visió Sense Fronteras. Thanks to the collaboration of Xabia council that has supported the.project
Objectives:
1. Carrying out sight revision to school children aged 5 to 12 years, having a complete sight test, visiting the different schools, according to the list provided
2. Prescribed glasses assembled in Spain and distributed in the next project in October
Projects:
- It is intended in successive campaigns to examine all the infantile population between 5 and 12 years and carry out further controls. The total number of children in this Mauritanian city is 16,000 who we hope to examine in later visual campaigns
The Mayor showed his gratitude and asked us to go back as soon as posible.

School | Date | Children seen | Pathological | Glasses |
1 | 16/02/07 | 472 | 66 | 27 |
2 | 17/02/07 | 376 | 68 | 17 |
4 | 22/02/07 afternoon | 281 | 34 | 4 |
5 | 22/02/07 afternoon | 289 | 30 | 7 |
7 | 21/02/07 afternoon | 539 | 81 | 13 |
8 | 22/02/07 morning | 584 | 52 | 9 |
9 |
| 688 | 103 | 26 |
11 |
| 694 | 61 | 15 |
15 |
| 278 | 24 | 7 |
Aeroport | 23/02/07 morning | 259 | 56 | 9 |
Piloto | 23/02/07 | 226 | 33 | 11 |
TOTAL |
| 4.686 | 553 | 145 |















