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2.2 billion people worldwide suffer from visual impairment. [iStockphoto]

Global statistics show that approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide suffer from a visual impairment, of which at least 1 billion could have been prevented.

The challenge is unprecedented among developing and impoverished nations and Kenya is one of them with a high prevalence of vision impairment, according to the National Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.

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