Cuba-Venezuela Mission to Prevent Blindness Helps 3.5 Million
Cuba-Venezuela Mission to Prevent Blindness Helps 3.5 Million
Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro. | Photo: Reuters
Published 6 July 2016 (2 hours 45 minutes ago)
The project was created by the former Cuban President, Fidel Castro and developed by the former Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez.
Preventable blindness has declined significantly in Latin America and the Caribbean through the Miracle Mission program that began in Cuba in 2004.
The project was created by the former Cuban President, Fidel Castro and developed by the former Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez.
The Mission Miracle, promoted by Cuba and Venezuela, marked its tenth anniversary Tuesday. The first group of people benefited by the program traveled on July 8, 2004, from Caracas to Havana in order to be operated on for free.
According to the World Health Organization this social program is aimed at operating on, free of charge, persons of scant economic resources suffering from blindness or correctable visual deficiency.
Official figures note that the Miracle Mission has helped 3.5 million patients around the world, although mainly in Latin America.
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