In 2017, DULA – in partnership with the KFPD – began a medical project aimed at developing advanced surgical techniques into treating cataracts North Korea. The project facilitates training for doctors overseas, who will then bring their advancing knowledge and skills back to North Korea to further develop understanding of and treatment for cataracts. In North Korea, our work continues as we assist and support cataracts surgeries performed by our trained doctors.

Our future work, beginning in 2020, will emphasise protecting eye health for children and developing programmes as well as training eye care doctors to support prevention of eye conditions and diseases in children. Conditions that KFPD and DULA will be supporting include: astigmatism, congenital cataracts, nystagmus and strabismus (squint).