PUTRAJAYA: The prevalence of blindness in Malaysia is 1.2% of the population and among the main causes are cataract (58.6%), diabetic retinopathy (10.4%) and glaucoma (6.6%), says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
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Social media will play a huge role to promote the importance of eye care in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. In a recent virtual forum, titled “How can 2030 In Sight support eye health beyond Covid?,” Dr. Harvey Uy, president of the Vitreo Retina Society of the Philippines, said the…
THE ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has shown how a weak or unreliable health-care network can create vulnerabilities not only in an entire community but also in eye health. This is evident in the Philippines, where eye care seems is not given enough attention as the country continues to grapple with the…