Programa Nacional de Salud Visual (FUDEM)

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Project Name: Programa Nacional de Salud Visual (FUDEM)
Project Description: Eye Care Programme
for Blind / Visually Disabled
People
PBL Programme
Optical Workshop
Location: El Salvador, San Salvador
Campaign:Vision 2020
Project Information: FUDEM Centro de Salud Visual is located in the capital city of El Salvador. This association has successfully developed eye care services in different regions of the country. Eye surgeries for poor people are carried out and low cost spectacles provided are produced in their own optical workshop, which has leaded them to self-sustainability. In 2005 they are planning to complete the establishment of a fully equipped visual clinic.

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by Country: El Salvador
by Campaign: Vision 2020
by Field of Work: Projects for People with Visual Impairment
by Clinical Condition: Cataract Glaucoma
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