River Blindness - 20 Years Of Bringing Hope To Millions

This October marks the 20th anniversary of the largest ongoing medical donation programme and public private partnership in history. In October 1987, Merck & Co., Inc took the pioneering decision to donate the treatment that prevents infection from river blindness, Mectizan®, free of charge and in perpetuity. It’s estimated that as many as one million people are blind or severely visually impaired through river blindness. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Eye Health on September 28th, 2007