ACCORDING to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), approximately 45 million people worldwide live with blindness, of which 80% or 36 million are over the age of 50.
With the world’s ageing population growing as a result of improved life expectancy, this represents a significant problem as the prevalence of eye diseases such as cataract, glaucoma and age-related macular disorder rise significantly with age.
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