Gorry C

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If you’re reading this, you’re not one of the 121 million people worldwide suffering from blindness or vision loss caused by cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and other reversible or preventable conditions causing visual impairment. Or perhaps you’ve benefited from vision restoration surgery. If so, you know how straightforward many of these procedures are when performed by trained specialists, using the latest technology and techniques.

REFERENCES

1. Note: this statistic does not include vision loss due to refractive errors. World Health Organization. Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness: Action plan 2006-2011. Geneva; 2007.

2. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Health in the Americas 2007, Volume 1 Washington DC: PAHO; 2007.

3. Some 1.4 million Venezuelans learned to read and write with the Cuban-designed Yo Sí Puedo (Yes, I Can) program, cited for its efficacy by UNESCO. The program is currently being implemented in several countries around the region.

4. Cuba Coopera [homepage on the Internet]. Havana: MINREX; 2008 [updated 2008 Mar 17; cited 2008 Mar 27]. Available from: www.cubacoop.com/cubacoop/ misionmilagros.htm.

5. Interview with Dr Marcelino Río by the author, 30 Nov 2007.

6. Refinación Oriente. Resumen de Actividades en Aeropuerto Barcelona, Misión Milagro. Acumulado del 01-01-06 al 07-02-06. Photocopy of original obtained from Fernando Padrón, General Manager, Refinación Oriente, 5 Feb 2006.

7. AFP. Oftalmólogos uruguayos rechazan ejercicio de médicos cubanos en Montevideo. Nov 30 2007 [cited Mar 8 2008]. Available from: http://afp. google.com/article/ALeqM5jkazyAPflE9odrYzoOX7PTklM-fw. Translated by the author.

8. Silva JC, Bronwyn Bateman J, Contreras F. Eye Disease and Care in Latin America and the Caribbean. Surv Ophthalmol. 2002;47(3):267-274.