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Restoring sight would save global economy US$202 billion each year
2 October, 20123 October, 2012

Media release posted on behalf of the Brien Holden Vision Institute Governments could add billions of dollars to their economies annually by funding the provision of an eye examination and a pair of glasses to the estimated 703 million people globally that needed them in 2010 according to a new study published this week.

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Don’t send your recycled glasses to developing countries, it costs twice as much as giving them ready-made glasses
4 April, 201217 April, 2012

You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a new pair of glasses if…

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