THE 16TH CONFERENCE OF THE AFRO-ASIAN COUNCIL FOR EYE MEDICINE AND SURGERY HAS HONORED PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN AHMED BIN ABDULAZIZ, HEAD OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COUNCIL AND CHIEF OF IMBACT. DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE HERE LAST THURSDAY, THE CONFERENCE AWARDED PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN AHMED BIN ABDULAZIZ AN HONORARY MEDAL IN RECOGNITION OF HIS EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF COMBATING TRACHOMA AND BLINDNESS. THE HONOR WAS RECEIVED ON HIS BEHALF BY DR. ABDULAZIZ BIN IBRAHIM AL-RAJHI, SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE COUNCIL.