Thank you, @NickKristof, for helping to shine a light on our latest study's findings! Eye care is a critical tool to alleviate poverty, and needs to be part of every effort to build healthier, more resilient societies.
Nicholas Kristof@NickKristof
An underrated element of global poverty is blindness -- because of cataracts, vitamin A deficiency, river blindness, trauma, trachoma and more. These are often preventable, very cheaply, and there has in fact been huge progress in several of these. A new Seva study estimates $1 trillion in annual productivity losses from uncorrected vision in low- and middle-income countries. A pair of glasses or cataract surgery can transform a life—and an economy. Here's Seva's study: seva.org/blindspot
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