43m Persons Blind Worldwide –Dr Shurkuk …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Plateau State commissioner for health Dr. Cletus Shurkuk has disclosed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics of 2020 indicate that more than 43 million people are blind worldwide while 55 percent of blind cases are due to cataracts .
Dr Shurkuk stated this during the annual commemoration of World Sight Day with the theme ‘Love your eyes kids’ in conjunction with CBN, HANDS, Brien Holden, with support from Standard Chartered, held at the concert hall Ministry of Health Jos.
He explained that 77% are in low—and middle-income countries, Nigeria, and Plateau State,…
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