Overview

Prevention of Blindness

A baby with an eye bandage, lying in its bed.

In over two thirds of cases, blindness could have been prevented or can be cured. CBM aims to eliminate these unnecessary cases of blindness by preventing and treating the main diseases which cause blindness.

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Education of Persons with Visual Impairment

Children attending a school lesson in the Government Vocational Blind School (GVBS), in Kabul / Afghanistan.

CBM is committed to afford equal educational opportunities for persons with visual impairment. For this reason CBM is sponsoring education, training and awareness programmes.

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Low Vision Care

Brian, six-year-old low vision patient. Picture was taken during a research trip to Kenya in February 2004.

As a consequence of their poor vision, people are often socially and economically disadvantaged. CBM endeavours to enable these people to make use of their restricted vision in the most effective way.

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New publication about cbm's work, vision and values

Cover page of the new publication

We invite you to share our vision to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities and to reduce the risk of disability from disease and exclusion for those who live in the most disadvantaged societies around the world.

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World Health Organization thanks cbm for its outstanding work

Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General WHO and Dr Allen Foster, cbm President

cbm President Professor Allen Foster met with World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, for the WHO's global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness "Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” on the eve of World Sight Day 2007 at the WHO's headquarters in

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Projects worldwide

Projects worldwide