RIYADH: The Riyadh-based charity King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Program, an affiliate of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Foundation for Humanitarian Works, has started to operate its mobile medical clinics project in Tajikistan, in cooperation with the Jeddah-headquartered Islamic Development Bank.
The scheme provides five mobile clinics for four regions of Tajikistan offering primary and secondary healthcare services, disease detection, surgery and radiology, and training of medical staff to serve more than 700,000 people.
Since its launch in Saudi Arabia five years ago, the project has established 75 mobile medical clinics in rural areas in seven Asian countries in addition to subsidizing the costs of medicines and medical supplies for people with acute and chronic diseases, and around 6 million people have benefitted.
The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Foundation for Humanitarian Works supervises a number of projects around the world, including education, health, social, and economic development programs in more than 15 countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan.
