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News in Brief 3 August 2021

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  • UN General Assembly agrees global eye care initiative
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Test and glasses could dramatically improve lives of 150 million with poor vision – UN

With millions of children losing educational opportunities and countless adults excluded from productive working lives due to easily corrected sight problems, the United Nations health agency today called for urgent action to improve access to affordable eye exams and eyeglasses for people in low and middle income countries.