Eye care for school-aged children

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The Health Ministry’s national eye care programme which targets mostly adults is now being expanded to accommodate school-aged children, in collaboration with Eye Care Guyana and the Ministry of Education, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

The Health Ministry is currently working out the logistics with the Education Ministry to launch the programme.

This particular project will focus…..

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