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Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 9th - 10th October 2017 - The Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology, H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor made a keynote speech at the Periperi U Annual Consultative Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction that was held on 10th October 2017in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa, 12 October 2017 – Did you know that about 90% of the world's visually impaired persons live in developing countries? On the global outlook, it is estimated that 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide, 39 million are blind and 240 million have low vision. These gloom statistics were highlighted during the commemoration of the 2017 World Sight Day. The African Union observed the day under the theme “making our vision count”, as it seeks to raise awareness on glaucoma, as one of the leading causes of blindness.