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World Africa Day This is an important day for the OPC as it gives us the opportunity to bring attention to the importance of the struggle against blinding illnesses which threaten the sight of great numbers of African people.
2012 Progress report now available Find a comprehensive round-up of the year 2012: strategy, implementation of programs, projects, partners, support, etc.
Trachoma : development of a network of expertise in French-Speaking Africa Thanks to the united efforts of OPC, ITI and several African experts.

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Preserving Sight

One child goes blind each minute and one adult every five seconds. Yet 80% of blinding diseases are avoidable. The OPC fights to protect and preserve sight. The OPC is an international NGO with specific expertise in ocular public health, which has been in operation since 1978. It is a recognised charity in an official working relationship with the WHO; is an active member of the global initiative Vision 2020- the Right to Sight; and is approved by the French branch of the International Committee on Fundraising Organizations ’Comité de la Charte’.
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The Heroes Race

Serge Resnikoff :The OPC’s international relations

Truly effective change

Results from the past ten years of fighting blindness:
13,800 volunteer village agents in the most remote villages, 393 ophthalmic nurses, 80 general practitioners and 1,000 traditional midwives
3,800,000 people treated annually against "river blindness" thanks to more than 36 million tablets distributed in over 6000 villages
More than 380,000 opthalmological consultations in helath centres supported by the OPC

In the most isolated communities we have achieved:
over 45,000 cataract operations
12,000 trichiasis operations

The Fight Against Trachoma

In Chad and Central African Republic (CAR), the OPC and its partners have organised the training of volunteer community agents who will perform screenings and distribute antibiotic treatments in their village, as well as health agents specialising in trichiasis operations.

Objectives :
Community Agents: 3,317 in CAR and 5,649 in Chad
Specialist Health Agents: 35 in CAR and 53 in Chad
People receiving treatment: 4,900,000 in CAR and 405,000 in Chad
People receiving operations: 900 in CAR and 2 500 in Chad