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World Service,18 Oct 2002,23 mins

Blindness - Causes, Treatments and Future Cures

Health Matters

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A look at blindness, its causes and its treatments. Between 40 and 45 million people worldwide are blind, 90 per cent of them living in developing countries. Director of the International Centre for Eye Health Allen Foster talks about how more people than ever are going blind. Also in the programme, causes of blindness and the treatments available. Presenter: Connie St. Louis.

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