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Keratoconus - The Global Initiative |
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The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948.
On February 18, 1999 the World Health Organization and a broad coalition of international, non-governmental and private organizations launched in Geneva a global initiative: VISION 2020 - The Right to Sight
 The objective of the initiative is to eliminate avoidable vision loss globally, by the year 2020 and giving every person the right to 2020 sight.
On December 22, 2006, The Global Keratoconus Society with points of presence in over 120 countries was honored to represent Keratoconus and went on to endorse the World Health Organization’s "VISION 2020 - The Right to Sight” global initiative. .
working in association with vision 2020 from the uk for – the right to Sight a member organization of the genetic alliance
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