QRCS launches cataract surgery initiative for 1,300 patients in Afghanistan ...Qatar

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Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has inaugurated a new initiative to perform 1,300 cataract surgeries and 2,300 medical examinations for poor patients with eye diseases in six Afghan provinces: Kunar, Laghman, Bamyan, Ghor, Kunduz, and Paktia. The one-year project involves performing cataract examinations and procedures, providing medications and eyeglasses, implementing community awareness programs, and distributing informative fliers about prevention of eye diseases. According to estimates, there are nearly 400,000 blind persons in Afghanistan and 1.5mn with low vision. Reports by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) show that cataract is the main cause of blindness in 60% o

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