Bhubaneswar, India, May 27, 2026 (AFP) - Low cost glasses help India's poor see a better future

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2026-05-27

As soon as he put on his glasses, Indian vegetable seller Tofan Jena knew daily life would never be the same. For the first time, the 49-year-old could see the world around him in sharp detail. "I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen. Jena is among one billion people recorded by the World Health Organization who suffer from vision problems but lack the means to correct t......

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