Africa - Voice of America: Nigerian Project Envisions Improved Eyesight for Thousands

Africa - Voice of America africa

Nigerian Project Envisions Improved Eyesight for Thousands Jul 13th 2012, 21:42 KANO, NIGERIA -- In Nigeria, a national eye survey says there are over one million blind adults and about three million people who are visually impaired from avoidable causes.   Today, Standard Chartered Bank is working with the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness on a project called Seeing is Believing. The effort sponsors free cataract surgery for 46,000 sufferers and is training over 2,300 community health workers in areas of high need in the northern Nigerian town of ... Media files: 0120EA52-1186-47B1-983B-1A78C72D28E4_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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