Over 43,000 school
children will receive access to eyecare treatment in the southern province of
Ba Ria Vung Tau thanks to a project run by the International Centre for Eyecare
Education (ICEE).
Around 1,500 children from 68 schools in the districts of Xuyen Moc and
Dat Do will receive free glasses while the project will also provide eye care
training courses for 1,814 teachers and 68 eyecare workers.
The project is part of the Vietnam Australia Vision Support Program
which is a component of a AUD $45 million(USD47million) project between the
Australian Agency for International Development and the Avoidable Blindness
Initiative to reduce incidents of and improve quality of life for people with
vision impairment and blindness in South East Asia and the Western Pacific
Region.
Nguyen Viet Giap, director of the provincial eye centre said they had a
high rate of blindness for people over 50, while many school children were not
aware of impaired vision.
May Ho, ICEE Programme Manager for Vietnam said "about nine
million people in Viet Nam are affected by eye problems, but access to eyecare
is difficult for those living in rural and remote areas."
In 2008, the ICEE began working with the Vietnam National Institute of
Ophthalmology with the aim of assisting the development of optometry training
in the country.
VNS
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