Lirot news April 2024

Dear Lirot friends and donors,

Passover will be celebrated next week around the world

and it is difficult to imagine that we are still in war

and that the hostages are still not home!

So many families are still displaced, especially in the North part of Israel

but at Lirot we try to work as much as normally as we can.

We had a very interesting ''eye health awareness'' month in March

and now we are working on new programs to be developed in 2024.

You are invited to read about our special projects during the war

in this newsletter.

Thanks to your contribution in 2023, we were able to carry out

extensive activities in the field of vision, eye health and prevention of blindness.

We wish you and your family a happy Passover and hope for the ending of the war in Israel.

Nadine Hollander, CEO of the Lirot association
Lirot team, members of the Friends Association and the Lirot management.

Eye Health Awareness Month

Ophthalmology and AI

Ophthalmology is among the pioneering fields that have adopted artificial intelligence, thanks to the accessibility to large amounts of digital information and diverse imaging means.

This year's awarness month was lead by Prof. Irit Bacher, director of the ophthalmology department of the Rabin Medical Center and board member of Lirot association.

Most of the content we created for this month is in Hebrew, but here is a very interesting article, written by Orly Gal-Or MD, Alon Tiosano MD, Inbar Perchik BSc, Yogev Giladi MD, and Irit Bahar MD, about Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology: Present and Future Directions:

https://content.viplus.com/lirot/Content/artificial%20intelligence%20on%20opthalmology.pdf

''The guide for good sight''

Our annual journal

How will artificial intelligence affect diagnostic capabilities, personalized treatment and the improvement of surgical precision and how, along with all the advantages, will we deal with maintaining patient privacy and the ethical challenges that arise from the use of advanced algorithms in treatment decisions and their consequences for patients?
Click and read the variety of in-depth articles by expert doctors.

read the journal (in Hebrew)

Prof. Bachar

Channel 13 interview with Prof. Irit Bachar

Breakthroughs in ophthalmology: technological innovations and the use of artificial intelligence in the field of ophthalmology.
Prof. Irit Bachar is interviewed on the morning show "Opening a day" with Yordan Harel and Elad Zohar on Channel 13.

watch the video (in Hebrew)

''ahead of medicine'' podcast

Podcast interview of Prof. Irit bachar and Dr. Orly Gal Or with Prof. Karaso

Prof. Karaso spoke with Prof. Irit Bachar and Dr. Orli Gal Or, about the use of AI technology to diagnose vision problems in the 103fm medical podcast.
Sponsored by Roche Pharmaceuticals (Israel) Ltd., without involvement in the contents.

Listen to the podcast (in Hebrew)

Facebook campaign in 3 languages: Hebrew, Russian and Arabic on diabetes and eyes awareness

Diabetes can cause damage to the eyes and even loss of vision.

In the early stages of the injury, there are no preliminary signs and visual acuity may be normal.

Therefore, it is important that every person who suffers from diabetes, perform a periodic eye examination, in order to detect the signs of the disease, as early as possible.

Glasses donation for the soldiers at war

With the outbreak of the war, about a hundred fighters were injured in their eyes, some of them lost their sight. The injuries are the result of shrapnel, shrapnel and gunshot wounds, some of which occurred because the fighters were not wearing protective glasses.

We at the Lirot association have also received and still receive many inquiries to purchase protective glasses for combat soldiers.

We order the special glasses from abroad and deliver them to the soldiers in the field.

Watch this soldier saying thanks after the glasses saved his eyes

watch the clip

New Programs in development and budget requirements

Passover is an opportunity for another tax-deductible donation,

which will allow us to continue working for the entire society,

especially now, during the "Iron Swords" operation.

To make a secure donation

Thanking you in advance for your contribution and hoping for better days for all of us,
Nadine Hollander, CEO of the Lirot association, [email protected]
Lirot team, members of the Friends Association and the Lirot management.

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