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2. SEE International - Wikipedia

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   Established in the 1980s, SEE's Santa Barbara Vision Care (SBVC) provides free eye care at clinics held two or three days per week. Per day, each clinic serves 10–15 uninsured individuals, providing glasses, surgeries, eye exams, and treatments. In 2012, SBVC provided care to 1,247 patients; in 2017, it provided care to more than 2,500.

3. International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness - Wikipedia

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   Programs instituted under Vision 2020 facilitated the planning, development, and implementation of sustainable national eye care programs, including technical support and advocacy. [21] Vision 2020 was based on a plan published by the WHO in 1999, [22] and subsequently superseded by other global action plans from the WHO. [23]

4. Orbis International - Wikipedia

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   Orbis International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to saving sight worldwide. [ 1][non-primary source needed] Its programs focus on the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye diseases in developing countries through hands-on training, public health education, advocacy and local ...

5. New California laws aim to reduce smash-and-grab robberies ...

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   August 16, 2024 at 10:52 AM. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and ...

6. Community ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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   Community ophthalmology was described as a new discipline in medicine promoting eye health and blindness prevention through programs utilizing methodologies of public health, community medicine and ophthalmology in 1978. This new discipline was first proposed [1] by Dr. Patricia E. Bath in 1978 after observations of epidemics rates of ...

7. Childhood blindness - Wikipedia

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   Childhood blindness is an important contribution to the national prevalence of the disability of blindness. [ 3] Blindness in children can be defined as a visual acuity of <3/60 in the eye with better vision of a child under 16 years of age. [ 4] This generally means that the child cannot see an object 10 feet (about 3 meters) away, that ...

8. Macular degeneration - Wikipedia

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   8.7% global prevalence in 2020 [ 2] Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration ( AMD or ARMD ), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. [ 1] Early on there are often no symptoms. [ 1] Over time, however, some people experience a gradual worsening of vision that ...

9. Myopia - Wikipedia

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   Myopia. Myopia, also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness, [ 5] is an eye disease [ 6][ 7][ 8] where light from distant objects focuses in front of, instead of on, the retina. [ 1][ 2][ 7] As a result, distant objects appear blurry while close objects appear normal. [ 1]