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ETHIOPIA

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Fabrice Dimier

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In a country badly lacking in health establishments and with a record rate of blindness, an ophthalmologic hospital-plane flies to the rescue of the blind and visually impaired.



 

90 percent of blind people live in developing countries . 80 percent of blindness could be prevented by benign surgery. These two facts is the origin of the simple and effective idea of the NGO Orbis : Move an aircraft equipped with an operating room and shipping the best medical specialists in the many countries that suffer from a lack of resources and operating structures.

 

 

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