epa02202777 A volunteer of the international non-governmental organisation ORBIS chats to Indonesian 4-year-old child, Adelia,her mother, before the volunteers will give eye surgery to her inside the Flying Eye Hospital ? a state-of-the-art hospital with wings, which is visiting Indonesia for four weeks, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 15 June 2010. According to the World Health Organization, South-East Asia has a disproportionately high prevalence of blindness. One third of the world's blind live in South-East Asia, which has one quarter of the global population. Of the twelve people going blind in the world every minute, four are from South- East Asia. Furthermore, the Indonesian Ministry of Health calculates that blindness in Indonesia affects approximately 1.3 million people ? the highest among Asian countries ?studies have suggested that 3-8 percent of the population have some form of impaired vision. EPA/BAGUS INDAHONO
15.06.2010 10:25:01
Indonesıa Eye Care
INDONESIA EYE CAREEPA02202777 A VOLUNTEER OF THE İNTERNATİONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANİSATİON ORBIS CHATS TO INDONESİAN 4-YEAR-OLD CHİLD, ADELİA, AND H
