vision impairmant
Oct 28 2005, Bhawana Negi

Thousands of children in Myanmar every year fell victim to vision impairment or blindness because of the deficiency of Vitamin A.

UNICEF has stepped forward to help out the children in growing up with normal vision. In this year itself, UNICEF along...

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