Cuba’s Operation Miracle restores sight to over 2.5 million people More than 2.5 million people have now benefited from Operation Miracle, a joint Cuban - Venezuelan program, that has performed cataract and eye operations to improve or restore the sight. The program plans to operate on about six million patients in Latin America, the Caribbean , Africa and Asia. Pilar González, Director of the National Rural Health Plan of Uruguay said that there have been more than 40,000 free eye surgeries in their country since 2007. Gonzalez , who participated in the 67th Annual Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. We are very grateful to the Cuban cooperation. We believe that this is an example of international solidarity. Cuba Solidarity Campaign, 28 May 2014 cubasolidarity.org.uk/news.asp?ItemID=2547&utm_source=emailcampaign80&utm_medium=phpList&utm_content=HTMLemail&utm_campaign=Cubas+changing+economic+model.+Find+out+more.+Cuba+Update+June+2014
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:03:28 +0000
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