Eye diseases in pupils reduced

On the morning of January 5, the Tien Giang Department of Education and Training and the Standard Chartered Bank and Fred Hollows Foundation held a conference to review the EyeCare project in 2017.

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According to the evaluation of the project management board, the rate of pupils' declining eyesight in Tien Giang province has been reduced in the past year. Parents were increasingly aware of the care of eye diseases for their children.

In 2017, Tien Giang had more than 88,000 students screened at the school. Accordingly, the number of children with refractive errors and eye diseases was 3,119. The number of pupils provided glasses was 1,060.

In addition, the Tien Giang Department of Education and Training held 242 eye-care communications for students, celebrating World Vision Day in 2017, etc...

It was known that, in Tien Giang, the EyeCare project at schools was deployed in 121 schools in Chau Thanh district, Cai Lay district and Cho Gao district.

By DO PHI-Translated by N.HUU