Distributing Antibiotics within COVID Guidelines

Organization information

Orbis Ireland

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Summary

After eight months of Covid-19 restrictions, Orbis has recommenced sight-saving activities in Ethiopia. Trachoma is a bacterial infection of the eye which can cause irreversible blindness. Unfortunately trachoma affects many people in impoverished regions of Ethiopia. However, there is an antibiotic, costing just 12 cent, that treats and prevents the disease. Orbis aims to distribute the antibiotic to 150,000 people in the Dita and Oyida regions of Southern Ethiopia before the end of this year.

Project locations

Ethiopia