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Eye disease warning
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, March 31 - 2007 at 09:15
There will be 75m people suffering from blindness worldwide within the next 13 years unless urgent action is taken, according to the UAE's health minister cited by Gulf News. Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami told 2,000 delegates at the opening of the Congress of the Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology that the majority of blindness cases are preventable. He called for an increase in education and training in the Middle East to combat eye diseases in the region.
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James McInerney, News EditorSaturday, March 31 - 2007 at 09:15 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Sat May 26 2007.
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