Rwanda 1st low-income country to provide eye care for all
Rwanda has become the first low-income country to provide universal eye care to its entire 1.2 crore population. The government has partnered with international non-governmental organisation Vision for a Nation to train more than 3,000 eye care nurses. Short sightedness is reportedly the most common eye-related ailment in Rwanda and over 80% of the eye conditions are considered preventable.