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New Eyes for the Needy celebrates World Sight Day
Millburn :: NJ :: USA | 8 months ago
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Financial donations are also appreciated. "We encourage everyone to participate in World Sight Day in October by simply taking a look in the back of a drawer or the bottom of a purse to find a pair of used glasses that are no longer needed," said Sue
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Set your sight right
Mumbai :: India | over 1 year ago
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October 17, 2011 World Sight Day was celebrated in a unique way at this school. Students of municipal school at Ramalingeswara Nagar had an eight-member medical team visiting them. It was World Sight Day, the second Thursday of October month, a day
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Help eliminate avoidable blindness this World Sight Day
Wanganui :: New Zealand | over 1 year ago
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World Sight Day, happening on 13 October, is an international day of awareness to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and vision impairment. In New Zealand, new research shows that vision loss cost New Zealand society $2.8
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Free eye screening camps in Delhi on World Sight Day
New Delhi :: India | over 1 year ago
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On the occasion of World Sight Day on October 13, Delhi Opthalmological Society will organise free eye screening camps in 31 hospitals all over the city. World Sight Day is observed annually on the second Thursday of October. In a statement issued
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TOMS Shoes Supports 'The Right to Sight' Via Live Public Art
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Shoes Supports 'The Right to Sight' Via Live Public Art World Sight Day , 24 hours dedicated to raising awareness of blindness and vision impairment as a global public health issue, takes place on Thursday, October 13. Shoes , having recently
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Even for the blind ... there is light at the end of the tunnel
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | over 2 years ago
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Oct 27, 2010 20:37 Eighty percent of diseases leading to blindness are either preventable or curable. This was the message given by Saudi Arabia's health care sector on the World Sight Day that was observed on Oct. 14.
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Rotary eye hospital observes World Sight Day
The JPM Rotary Club of eye hospital and research institute ,Cuttack observed World Sight Day (WSD) with several innovative ere programmes to prevent visual impairment and restoring sight. Since we are part of the global
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Diabetic patients risk blindness unless treated early
Nairobi :: Kenya | over 2 years ago
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Stories Dr Kibata Githeko, an eye specialist at the Upper Hill eye and laser centre said on Thursday: Cases of diabetes related blindness are on the rise in rural and urban centres. Ninety per cent of diabetes patients have eye diseases that require
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Qatar celebrates World Sight Day
Doha :: Qatar | over 2 years ago
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Qatar will celebrate World Sight Day today with a milestone achievement of reaching the halfway mark in treating people with poor eye sight, which is way ahead to get the global 100 percent target to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. As part of
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World Sight Day tomorrow
Bahāwalpur :: Pakistan | over 2 years ago
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World Sight Day will be observed on October 10 across the globe. The day is observed to raise global attention about the current reality of 300 million people living with blindness and vision impairments worldwide.
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