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94 million need cataract surgery, but access lacking: WHO

Straits Times 11 Feb 2026
Across all regions, women consistently experience lower access to care than men ....
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94 million need cataract surgery, but access lacking – WHO

The Philadelphia Inquirer 11 Feb 2026
Cataracts — the clouding of the eye’s ... PhilHealth raises benefit packages for cataract surgery, lens implant […]...
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WHO calls for improved access to cataract surgery

The Peninsula 11 Feb 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a press release on Wednesday that nearly half of all people worldwide facing cataract-related blindness still lack access to surgical treatment.
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One in two people facing cataract blindness need access to life-changing surgery (WHO - World Health Organization)

Public Technologies 11 Feb 2026
nearly half of all people across the world facing cataract-related blindness still need access to surgery. Cataract - the clouding of the eye's lens that causes blurred vision and can lead to blindness - affects more than 94 million people globally.
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HelpMeSee Launches New Simulation-based Training Center in Ghana to Advance Cataract Surgery Education in West Africa

PR Newswire 11 Feb 2026
11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HelpMeSee, the global not-for-profit dedicated to ending cataract blindness and visual impairment, announces the opening of a new training center at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
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One in two people facing cataract blindness need access to life-changing surgery

World Health Organization 10 Feb 2026
nearly half of all people across the world facing cataract‑related blindness still need access to surgery ... The latest modelling predicts the coverage for cataract surgery to rise by about 8.4% for this decade.
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Cataract operations delayed as

BBC News 06 Feb 2026
Thousands of patients are told they have to wait longer for their treatments. .
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Brazil's Lula discharged after cataract surgery

Image The Herald Palladium 31 Jan 2026
Brazil's 80-year-old president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was released from hospital Friday after undergoing cataract surgery on his left eye ... .
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Brazil's Lula discharged from hospital after cataract surgery

The Star 30 Jan 2026
SAO ‌PAULO, Jan ‌30 (Reuters) - Brazilian ‌President Luiz Inacio Lula da ‍Silva was ‍discharged ‌from hospital on ‍Friday ​after ⁠undergoing successful cataract surgery on ‌his left ⁠eye, ‍the government said ‍in a ‌statement. Read full story ... .
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