The Bouamatou Foundation has the following strategic objectives:
• Contribute to the prevention of blindness in Mauritania
• Make the most modern treatments accessible to the most underprivileged population
In this sense, the foundation sets the following specific objectives:
• Promotion and development of ophthalmology (in its clinical and public health dimensions) in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
• Participation in the theoretical and practical training of the medical and paramedical personnel necessary to fight against blindness.
• Free provision of quality ophthalmological services for the most disadvantaged population, ranging from consultations to surgery, including additional examinations
• Delivering practical health education messages for eye health, using the most suitable media.
All the foundation’s programs and activities are planned and developed in strict accordance with the recommendations and prescriptions of the strategic and operational plans of the National Program to Fight Against Blindness of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, particularly regarding:
o The implementation of the program to fight trachoma
o The creation of eye care centers with a surgical focus
o Participation in screening or prevention campaigns for eye diseases
o The reintegration of the visually impaired and the blind