Preventing Blindness is
Cost Saving: So What?

Summary

It began with a locker room challenge

Generating Funding:
A major key to
 blindness eradication

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Initial Study:
Aravind Eye Hospital

Clinical Outcome

Return to Work: Men

Return to Work: Women

Impact of Study

The World Bank

Cost Utility Analysis

Cataract Surgery: Cost per DALY

Cost per DALY

Confirmation by others

Government of India Loan Request

20 Years Later

Societal Effects of Research

Barriers beyond Funding

The Systemic Problem

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National Recognition

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This goes far beyond blindness

Summary