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Preventable blindness affects millions of people. That's the dark reality for far too many, even when treatments are available. While medical advances have lowered rates of blindness, our global population is growing and aging rapidly. And the longer people live, the more likely they are to develop age-related eye conditions. Visual loss profoundly affects people physically, psychologically, economically, educationally, and socially. Andrea Molinari, an eye surgeon with Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, tells us about her work focused on promoting eye health in regions that most need that care.