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Article: Alcon Provides $1M Grant for Blindness Prevention.
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- June 28, 2005
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ORBIS to Use Alcon's Gift for Global Programs to Stop Unnecessary Vision Loss
NEW YORK, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcon, Inc. awarded ORBIS International a USD $1 million grant for programs to prevent and cure blindness in the developing world. The grant, which spans a two-year period, is the single largest financial commitment made to date in the 26-year alliance between the world's leading eye care company and the international humanitarian organization.
Ninety percent of the world's 37 million blind people live in developing nations where the availability of quality eye care service and sight-restoring technology is severely limited. ...