Preventable blindness affects millions of people. That's the dark reality for far too many, even when treatments are actually readily available. While medical advancements have lowered the rate of blindness per age group, our global population is growing and aging rapidly. And the longer people live, the more likely they are to develop age-related eye conditions. Visual loss profoundly impacts people physically, psychologically, economically, educationally, and socially. Your whole world shrinks in a way. Andrea Molinari, an eye surgeon with Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, tells us about her work in preventing and treating avoidable blindness in regions that most need that care.

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• Velez G, Fortenbach CR, Oetting TA. Global Causes of Preventable Blindness and Vision Impairment.