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Prevention of Blindness Week 2019 - April 01 to 07

April 8 , 2019 1931 days 805 0
  • Prevention of Blindness Week 2019 was observed from 1stof April (Monday) to 7th of April (Sunday).
  • This campaign is planned by the Government of India for increasing the awareness towards the blind people.
  • Prevention of Blindness Week was first started by the Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur in the year 1960 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
  • Another campaign “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” was launched in 1999 by the WHO for the prevention of the blindness.

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