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WORLD BLINDNESS DAY: Advancing The Plight Of Persons With Disabilities In Focus
16 Oct 2025 08:14 GMT
… support to persons living with blindness and other forms of disabilities … at the 2025 International World Blindness Day celebration.
The event, organized …
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Research to Prevent Blindness and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Announce 2026 Recipient of RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research
16 Oct 2025 07:29 GMT
… generosity of Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), an anonymous donor … of Research to Prevent Blindness, I congratulate Dr. … of Research to Prevent Blindness.
For more information on … Research to Prevent Blindness
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is …
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Man accused of faking blindness for over 50 years to claim €1m
15 Oct 2025 17:30 GMT
… incident at work, claiming total blindness. However, a routine cross-check … under way.
disability fraud
fake blindness
disability benefits
€1m scam
long …
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La Jollan blazes own path in fight to prevent blindness from rare illness
15 Oct 2025 15:39 GMT
As a teenager, Stevie Ringel began to notice his vision waning. Things he had done for a while, such as looking at a whiteboard or seeing a baseball travel from the pitcher’s hand to home plate, became a challenge.
By the time he was 16, he realized he …
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Southeast Texas women break blindness stereotypes with advocacy efforts
15 Oct 2025 04:47 GMT
… , Texas — October marks Blindness Awareness Month, a time … which causes both legal blindness and hearing impairment. Now … to change misconceptions about blindness. “Blindness is just not one … spectrums of blindness, and everybody thinks blindness means total …
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'You don’t have to be a blind person to see what happened'- Portarlington's Pat Roe after drawn final
12 Oct 2025 20:08 GMT
… ;t have to be a blind person to see what happened there …
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Cataract tops blindness causes in Ghana…as country struggles to meet surgery target – GHS
14 Oct 2025 08:02 GMT
… reduce the growing burden of blindness.
Dr Hornametor Afake (seated right … is the leading cause of blindness in Ghana. It accounts for … 55 per cent of all blindness in Ghana, affecting roughly 165 … 19.4 per cent of blindness in Ghana, posterior eye diseases …
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KADUNA’S BATTLE AGAINST BLINDNESS
14 Oct 2025 01:28 GMT
… eye infection that causes blindness if left untreated. While … nothing. The pain, the blindness, the lost productivity, the … are lives spared from needless blindness, families kept whole, communities … meant to suffer from blindness caused by a preventable …
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Oyo reiterates commitment to ending avoidable blindness
13 Oct 2025 20:00 GMT
… its determination to eliminate avoidable blindness and expand access to affordable … health and the prevention of blindness.
“Eye health is often overlooked … about the dangers of preventable blindness and the importance of early …
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Pain, blindness and shrapnel wounds: What is the health status of the released hostages?
13 Oct 2025 19:07 GMT