Experts Report: 8 Out of 10 Cases of Blindness Are Preventable

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“I think we are not blind, I think we are blind, blind who see, blind who, seeing, do not see.” José Saramago in Essay on Blindness. The novel portrays a government whose public policy is based on segregation, exclusion and elimination of otherness. The control-manipulation strategies used by the state are subtle, sophisticated and classic, the most effective; fear... The situation in the world produces blindness; perhaps because we do not want …

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Guadalajara, Jalisco 80 percent of the blindness in the country is preventable, for this reason, there is the Mexican College of Preventive Visual Health, its president, Luz María Ortíz Amézquita, reiterates that its objective is to raise awareness among the population of the care of their eyes: “From the premise that 80 percent of the blindness is preventable, we want to bring to all Mexicans the way to make this a reality. When you lose sight …