Nigeria, Dec. 2 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief), has launched a specialised cochlear implant and hearing-rehabilitation programme in Nigeria.

The programme offers free surgeries to Nigerian children living with severe hearing loss.

The initiative, inaugurated at the National Hospital, Abuja on Wednesday, aims to carry out 30 cochlear implant procedures, providing surgery and a full continuum of care including diagnosis, activation, follow-up, auditory training, and speech rehabilitation.

In a press release shared during the launch, the Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria, Saad bin Fahd Al-Marri, said the intervention demonstrates the Kingdom's...