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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — The MDI Lions Club has donated an $8,500 vision screening device to the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, which school nurses are using to check

Dr. Kwame Oben-Nyarko, the Public Relations Officer, Ghana Optometric Association (GOA), said children suffering from a deviation of the eye (strabismus) lack self-esteem, which prevents them from engaging in some activities at school. He said the causes of eye misalignment, also known as lazy eyes, are various and sometimes unknown.…

About 500 people in Funsi and surrounding communities in the Wa East District have benefited from free eye screening from Bliss Eye Care, a private eye clinic in Wa. The people who attended the screening were either given medications or reading glasses depending on their eye conditions, with about 20…

To see is a gift and protecting the vision has become Dubai-based student Noah’s top priority as he strives to raise awareness on the importance of eyecare

The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) has teamed up with the Barbados Diabetes Foundation to provide eye tests for members. President Marilyn-Rice Bowen urged members to bring along the whole family, especially those who have complained about their vision, because “prevention is better than cure”. Meanwhile, retina specialist and clinical lead of the Barbados Diabetes Eye Screening Programme, Dr Charles Pierce, said it was a simple process that took …

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Chandigarh [India], September 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): To mark the 72nd Birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chandigarh Welfare Trust (CWT), along with the NID Foundation will observe Seva Pakhwara (Fortnight) in which number of social service activities would be undertaken which will begin on September 17 with Mega Multi-speciality Health Camp, informed CWT Founder S. Satnam Singh Sandhu. Addressing the media personnel at a press conference held at Chandigarh Press Club, Sandhu said that the Se...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is strengthening eye care services at the community level as part of strategies to fight eye cancer in children. Dr James Addy, Head of Eye Unit of the GHS, said it was important to empower community health nurses and midwives at the community level to…

Professor Vera Adobea Essuman, Eye Specialist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is advocating for prompt referral of abnormal eye conditions to help reduce the rate of children who die of eye cancer (retinoblastoma) in the country. She said early detection of the disease could save the lives of children…

Professor Vera Adobea Essuman, Eye Specialist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is advocating for prompt referral of abnormal eye conditions to help reduce the rate of children who die of eye cancer (retinoblastoma) in the country. She said early detection of the disease could save the lives of children…