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SightFirst's accomplishments since 1990 are astounding:
- Awarded US$211 million for 896 projects in 90 countries
- Provided 7.3 million cataract surgeries
- Prevented serious vision loss for 27 million
- Improved eye care services for hundreds of millions
- Provided 114.1 million treatments for river blindness
- Built or expanded 300 eye hospitals/clinics/wards
- Upgraded 337 eye centers with equipment
- Provided management training for 115 facilities
- Trained 345,000 ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, other professional eye care workers and village health workers
- Launched world's first-ever initiative to combat childhood blindness in partnership with the World Health Organization. The 30 pediatric eye care centers established or strengthened have impacted the lives of 71 million children
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