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It is shocking that even today, an estimated 120 million people live a severely disadvantaged life, unable to see things at a distance because they do not have a pair of spectacles. Estimates suggest another half billion or more—yes, Billion—are also suffering from near vision problems. They cannot read or perform near tasks, again simply for want of spectacles. The recently published IAPB report on spectacle coverage found that in some countries less than 10% of the people needing spectacles to correct serious levels of vision loss were receiving them.
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