Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today launched a new humanitarian initiative aimed at combating river blindness, a debilitating tropical disease that continues to affect millions in vulnerable communities across the world. Announcing the initiative through a post on X, Sheikh Mohammed said the project falls under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives and will target seven million beneficiaries over the next three years. The programme will be implemented by Noor Dubai Foundation. “Empowering people by fighting the darkness they live in is among the noblest humanitarian missions,” Sheikh Mohammed wrote. “Every eye to which we restore light is a new eye that can witness the beauty of this world.…