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More than 500 students will benefit from murcianos talks aimed at raising awareness on the prevention and detection of symptoms for early detection of eye diseases.
City Hall and Blue in Action presented the campaign of World Sight Day 2016, held next Thursday, October 13, with round tables, an information stand and solidarity music.
ONCE he wanted to join this initiative to remind the importance of visual checks and prevent blindness with the presentation of a commemorative coupon that will be drawn on 13.
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councillor for Youth and Development Cooperation, Rebeca Perez, director of the Blue NGOs in Action, the president of the College of Opticians-Optometrists of Murcia, Ana Belen Almaida, and the territorial delegate of ONCE in Murcia, Juan Carlos Morejon, presented the campaign of World sight Day 2016, for the prevention and eye care between Murcia and the dissemination of healthy habits today.
The campaign, promoted by the City and Blue in Action, Murcia NGO with over ten years of experience performing projects ophthalmology and optics in third world countries, will include various activities to educate and inform the population of Murcia eye health, coinciding with the celebration of World Sight Day, next Thursday, October 13th.
The mayor noted that "the main objective of this initiative is to raise awareness of vision problems and eye diseases that affect people of all ages and can be treated before they result in permanent blindness, both in our country through prevention, and developing places that need our solidarity for a more comprehensive health care. "
In this sense, José Ballesta added that "right now there are almost 300 million people with problems of visual impairment worldwide, but 90% of them register with third world countries, why it is so important to the work development cooperation carried out by NGOs and Blue in Aciión ".
The campaign includes informative and educational lectures to more than 500 students in high schools in the municipality, given by the Murcia optical Ophthalmology Society and the College of Opticians and Optometrists.
Will take place on October 13, from 09:00 to 13:00.
"Specialists mainly address the risks and vision problems arising from the use and abuse of electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, appliances etc., as well as symptoms for early detection of eye diseases and refractive errors" José Ballesta said, adding that "information leaflets are also distributed to parents to meet the necessary steps to care for both his vision and that of their children."
round table, information stand and solidarity concert
Moreover, on Thursday 13 a roundtable will be held in the Auditorium Building Moneo from 20.00 hours, which will bring together chemists, opticians and ophthalmologists to discuss issues of eye care, primarily aimed at professionals health.
In addition, information booth in the Plaza de Santo Domingo provide information and advise the public on issues related to eye health from 10.00 to 20.00 on Thursday, 13.
The Fofó Auditorium will host a charity concert on Saturday 15 October, promoted by the Municipal Council of Santa Maria de Gracia, with performances by Manuel Spain (La Guardia), Javier Ojeda (Danza Invisible), Carlos Segarra (rebels) and Santi Campillo .
Solidarity tickets (5 euros) are for sale in Plublishop (Calle Arquitecto Emilio Perez Piñero 15) Local Board Offices Santa Maria de Gracia and internet (compralaentrada.com)
With this conference, in which participated the College Official Opticians and Optometrists in the Region of Murcia, the official College of Physicians of the Region of Murcia, the College of Pharmacists of Murcia and the Murcia Society of Ophthalmology, is It aims to educate and inform students and adults of the village in healthy habits on eye health to avoid and prevent future pathologies.
Action wearing blue eye health in developing countries
Murcia City Council has subsidized Blue in Action, the NGO that was born within the local police in Murcia, for performing eye surgery in developing country and contributed to the implementation of Ambulante Hospital 'City Murcia ', which will start a new campaign in 2017 focused on the treatment of serious eye diseases and refractive errors corrected by glasses, especially in children.
As part of ophthalmological and optical medical cooperation, Blue in Action is working since 2007 in the countries of Togo, India and South Morocco, I having performed 1,150 cataract surgeries, 150 surgeries pterygium, made the donation of 4,000 glasses 1,500 graduates and sunglasses (use them patients after cataract surgery), 5,980 graduations vision, 9,850 treatments of eye diseases and 18,220 consultations.
ONCE presents its commemorative coupon
Among the events to mark World Sight Day 2016, today has presented the commemorative coupon that the ONCE raffled on 13 October, an institution that "has been the leader since 78 years ago efforts to improve the quality of life of blind, visually impaired or disabled in Spain, and who wanted to join this initiative to remind the importance of visual checks and prevent blindness, "said the mayor.
In the region there are about 2,500 people affiliated with this institution, of which 50% belong to the municipality of Murcia (1,250).
ONCE will be sold 5.5 million commemorative stamps World Sight Day 2016, which will be distributed through its 20,000 workers, of which 860-all with some kind of disability- are Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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