Foresight is an organisation raising funds for research to accelerate a cure for blindness caused by a disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Leading bodies from the international research effort have advised us that we can really make a difference through gathering information and setting up initiatives here in the U.A.E. We are doing this in consultation and with the backing of the leading local ophthalmologists, Emirates Medical Association, Retina International and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Through our funding of projects, lobbying of health ministries and coordination with initiatives such as Dubai Bio Tech City, there is a possibility of making great leaps towards finding a cure, in Dubai.
As part of our efforts we have undertaken the following initiatives. Please click below to read more about each one.
- Scientific and Medical Advisory Board (SMAB)
- Investigation of Medical Research Therapies - Global and Foresight funded projects
We also monitor a support group for people with RP in the U.A.E. of all nationalities.
Education is also high on our agenda to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by people with visual impairment and the positive steps they can take to live a full life.
We raise our funds through donations, sponsorship and creative and original events. Foresight was set up by Katy Newitt who is severely visually impaired from the effects of RP.
Press News
First Clinical Trial of Gene Therapy for Childhood Blindness
University College London, UK 1-05-07
Chip Enables Blind People to Gain Impressions of Vision
University Hospital Tübingen, Germany 14-03-07
World Retina Day 2007 - Time to Prepare for Treatments
for Inherited Retinal Diseases
World Sight Day 2007 - Check Your Eyes every Two Years
Moorfields Hosptial Dubai Healthcare City
