More than 3,000 patients in the Tigray region are poised to receive sight-saving glaucoma treatment through a collaborative effort of the Tigray Region Interim Administration Health Bureau, Kuha Hospital, and the Himalayan Cataract Project, an NGO. Himalayan Cataract project Coordinator, Tesfay Teklamariam told ENA that the institutions will be providing glaucoma treatment in different areas of the region. Since March 11, 2024, over 800 patients in the southern zone have already benefited from the program at Lemlem Karl Hospital Maichew, he revealed. "Our people deserve to see," said Tesfay, emphasizing their commitment to expanding the program across the Tigray region. Lemlem Karl Hospital Maichew Cataract Surgeon, Yemane Gitet assured treated patients of continued follow-up care. The restored vision of patients like 72-year-old Hiluf Gebremedhin from Hadnet Kebele exemplifies the program's life-changing impact. Hiluf has expressed excitement after he regained his eyesight following the free treatment. Debesay Teka and Zewdu Kalayu from Endamekoni district, who had resigned themselves to blindness for two years, expressed their renewed hope of resuming their agricultural work independently. This initiative marks a significant step towards ensuring treatable eye diseases do not cause preventable blindness. Source: Ethiopian News Agency Tunis: The 6th edition of the Gabes Cinema Fen festival to be held on April 27-May 1, will focus on contemporary Palestinian cinema and its history through the works of foreign directors who tell the story of the resistance of the Palestinian people and the struggle of other peoples, the festival's management announced in a press release on Saturday. In this edition, the festival has chosen a programme that aims to be "attuned to the reality that goes beyond any imagination and proposes to show what cinema has been able to achieve in the face of disasters, with an emphasis on de-colonial cinema," according to the same source. This edition is intended to be a platform for dialogue, sharing and thought on the history of the image and the visual arts, says the festival's management. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse