Thursday, 13 September 2012
What eye health care does he and the foundation do?
The foundation mainly focus on cataract blindness because half of the global blindness is caused by cataracts – a clouding of the lens of the eye that can be treated by a simple surgical procedure – and the World Bank has identified cataract surgery as one of the most cost-effective of all public health interventions. They also tackle other causes of blindness, including trachoma and refractive error.
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