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    grave situation that made the government initiate a first of its kind‚ dedicated program for the eradication of unnecessary blindness. However‚ even such programs are meager when compared to the magnitude of the problem. According to Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR) study on blindness show that about 25% of the total blind in India are blind due to corneal blindness. we require really a large number of people to donate their eyes if we want to treat these patients.There is a huge gap between

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    familiar because when people get old‚ almost everyone got it. If grandparents have it‚ our parents might have it soon‚ we might get it one day. Cataract is the world’s leading cause of blindness‚ resulting in blindness foe over 18million people. This astounding number represents almost half of all causes of blindness due to eye diseases globally (Light for

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    principles regardless of which option is selected. As such‚ the decision made is never classified as being perfect (Allen‚ 2012). One such dilemma arose from Onchocerciasis‚ also known as river blindness. River blindness is a disease that affects one’s skin and eyes causing skin infections and permanent blindness. This disease mainly affects persons living in Africa as well as South and Central America. Statistics show that over thirty million persons have been affected. The disease is caused by a parasitic

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    INTRODUCTION Throughout history‚ people with disabilities and learning difficulties have been regarded as a manifestation of God’s punishment for sins. They were usually mocked and excluded from the community and they sought out and depended for care and refuge from religious societies (Jordan et al‚ 2008). According to Eskay et al (2012)‚ in the African society‚ culture tends to play a role in how people with disabilities are perceived. They went on to outline some of the reasons associated with

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    In life people demonstrate many characteristics which make that person who they are; while these characteristics define the actions made by people‚ they also help others to determine why such actions were made‚ while also characterize them for what that person has done or will do. In today’s society certain characteristics are viewed in a negative light due to the changing ways of everyday life and increasing deviation of traditional American views to ones of a more liberal nature. In “Cathedral”

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    Comparative Essay This comparative essay‚ will be comparing three different themes that relate to the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding and the movie” The Blindness” directed by Ferdinando Meirelles. In both novel and movie‚ the people try to make successful societies‚ but with all society there is power struggles‚ loss of innocence’s and survival of the fittest. This is evident throughout both the movie and the novel. The novel and the movie create a vivid image of

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    physical qualities to the deeper meanings of blindness and sight throughout the tragic lives of the King and Gloucester. Their lack of insight cause their hearts to be blinded by their aberrant understandings of love and trust at the early stages where they can still physically see; but it is also such blindness that helps King Lear and Gloucester to find their clear visions back to determine the reality after deep self-realizations when the blindness reaches to its extreme. Both being fathers and

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    watch but which causes blindness within several hours.  Because blindness is delayed‚ much of the planet wakes up the morning after the comet shower unable to see.  When most of humanity is blind‚ it also becomes obvious that triffids not only can move‚ but they also have some intelligence‚ or at least animal cunning. The story follows Bill Mason‚ who is employed in the triffid industry and misses the blinding comet shower because he is already hospitalized with temporary blindness due to a triffid sting

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    Control of Blindness (NPCB)‚ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare‚ Government of India and other stakeholders (including IAPB‚ WHO‚ AIOS‚ EBAI‚ COSI) Prepared by2 VISION 2020 INDIA XIIth Plan Team Contact Person: Dr Rajesh Noah‚ Executive Director‚ VISION 2020 INDIA www.vision2020india.org / rajeshnoah@vision2020india.org / 9810108752 Distribution: NPCB Team (JS/DDG (O)/ADG)‚ VISION 2020 Member Organizations and its stakeholders/partners‚ including IAPB/AIOS/WHO/EBAI/COSI Avoidable blindness is blindness

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    In Sophocles’ "Oedipus Rex"‚ the theme of irony plays an important part throughout the play. In the play‚ Oedipus Rex believes that if he leaves Corinth he will be able to avoid his fate. The oracle says the Oedipus will kill his father and bear children with his mother. Eventually‚ he unknowingly kills his father in a chance meeting and married his mother. Oedipus remains clueless that the oracle’s prediction has come to pass. The play is a tragedy‚ and Oedipus is a tragic hero because he has an

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