The Mumbai Eye Care Campaign looks to scan and treat 1.5 million slum dwellers in Mumbai for" refractive error " and also educate 10 million mumbaikars about basic eye health care. Statistics show disturbing facts about the state of eye health care in the city and if serious measures are not adopted , we could soon witness an epidemic of serious proportions.
Sightsavers International knows that reaching out to every Mumbaikar is a mammoth task and if it doesnt join hands with like minded organisations this would be impossible. With this view in mind we have organised a special meeting exclusively for the media to give them a brief preview about the Mumbai Eye Care Campaign. We are looking ahead to forge alliances with various media players to broaden and sustain the reach of the campaingn.
We at Sightsavers believe that with a collective and determined effort it is possible to eradicate avoidable blindness from the face of Mumbai and help intiate a movement that will spread across the country and avoid individuals and families alike from falling prey to darkness.
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