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Article: Alcon Partners with Mercy Ships to Fight Blindness in Africa.
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- April 27, 2009
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Apr 27, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Mercy Ships (www.mercyshipsnews.org) has announced the receipt of a $50,000 grant from The Alcon Foundation, the philanthropic interest of Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL). The grant is earmarked for the expansion of the training component of the Mercy Vision program onboard the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy.
Funding covers expenses for the "Mercy Ships Alcon Fellowship" - two three-month surgical fellowships for expatriate or national West African surgeons onboard the hospital ship in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa. The fellowship will offer training in advanced cataract techniques and will complement ...