Ingredient in Red Wine May Prevent Some Blinding Diseases

Resveratrol — found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts and other plants — stops out-of-control blood vessel growth in the eye, according to vision researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The discovery has...

NIGERIA: Installing Toilets to Reduce Blindness

Lack of access to clean toilets or an adequate water supply, living in close proximity to animals, and poor public health awareness have helped put 2.3 million people in northern Nigeria’s Borno State at risk of contracting trachoma, a viral infection...

OU Researchers Find Way to Prevent Blindness in Research Model for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a radical new type of gene therapy to prevent blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa, giving hope to the estimated 100,000 Americans who suffer from this debilitating...

$21 Million Sweet Potato Project Launched in Africa

In an effort to improve nutrition, incomes and food security, the International Potato Centre (CIP) has launched an Africa-wide project to exploit the untapped potential of sweet potato in eight African countries over a five-year period, a statement said...

Botswana Launches Voting Template for Visually Challenged Citizens

Botswana, for the first time since independence from Britain 43 years ago, will have visually challenged people voting in secret without any external assistance from the presiding officers or witnesses. This follows a series of consultative meetings over...