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CIDA supports visually impaired children

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has provided funding to boost eye care services for children in central Vietnam.
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has provided funding toboost eye care services for children in central Vietnam.

The projectwill cost a total estimated capital of 662,172 USD, including 606,753 USDprovided by the CIDA.

The project is aimed at reducing visual impairmentsand improving children’s eyesight in the central region.

It will help toequip eye clinics and improve the quality of eye check-ups and treatment forchildren around the region. It will also help to provide more information onchild ophthalmology to medical workers, primary school teachers and services atjunior high schools from provincial to grassroots level.

Funding will beprovided for operations on 400 children and check-ups and treatment for tens ofthousands of others.

The project will run from now until 2012./.
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