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To Reduce Extreme Poverty, We Must Tackle Blindness

April 29, 2021

95 million people worldwide are affected by blindness or severe visual impairment due to cataracts according to the WHO. Nearly 90% of the world’s blind live in the poorest countries in the world.

Cataracts, in particular, are disproportionately prevalent in low-and-middle-income countries, where they account for 50% of all blindness, compared to just 5% of blindness in the West.

The truth is that cataracts are not that difficult or even expensive to cure when people have access to affordable eye care.

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