Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, sounded the alarm over the humanitarian disaster “unfolding before our very eyes”. More than seven million people in the country are displaced, particularly due to the operations of armed groups such as the M23 and the Allied Defense Forces (ADF) across the…
Black cataract is a dangerous eye disease in which a person gradually loses his vision after suffering from it. World Cataract Day is celebrated on March 12 every year. On the occasion of this day, ophthalmologists have given some recommendations to the general public for eye health and to minimize the risk of cataracts, which…
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva at the start of its first high-level session of the year, the UN chief insisted that any further extension of Israel’s ground operation in the south of Gaza “would not only be terrifying for more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there; it would put the final nail…
Artificial shortage of eye drops after conjunctivitis epidemic in Karachi Karachi: After the outbreak of conjunctivitis, there has been a material shortage of eye drops in the city, while the prices of the available medicines and eye drops have increased dramatically. The black marketing and hoarding of eye drops has enabled a profiteering market. Medical…
Rizwan got so addicted to sitting in front of the mobile phone that he became careless even with food and drink. The family kept shouting that he should eat something, but he was engrossed in the internet or stuck to games. Excess of everything sooner or later definitely brings color, so Rizwan’s head and eyes…
File photo Indian minister Vijay Kumar Gaut says that people who eat fish regularly have beautiful eyes like Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The video of an Indian political leader addressing a function organized by fishermen in Ninderbar district is going viral on social media. According to Indian media reports, prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
Mumbai: BJP leaders in India started telling people the benefits of eating fish in public meetings, they say that if you want beautiful eyes like Aishwarya Rai, eat fish every day. An uproar over this statement by the Maharashtra minister, Vijay Kumar Gavit, addressed a function to distribute supplies to fishermen in a local village,…
Vitamins are among the needs of the human body, but vitamins A, C and E are key for eye health. In addition, B vitamins and other nutrients are also beneficial for the eyes. Vitamin deficiencies can lead to certain eye diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. Research shows that certain vitamin and…
In an appeal for $178 million to support humanitarian assistance across the seven affected countries in the Greater Horn region, veteran WHO worker Liesbeth Aelbrecht warned that the situation was worse than anything she’d seen in more than two decades in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. “These 48 million people do include as…
Japanese experts have created a fluid-releasing lens that can relieve dry eyes from just the weight of the eyelids. Photo: Courtesy of Sci-Tech Daily Tokyo: Some people have abnormally dry eyes that require repeated eye drops. Under the same need, Japanese experts have developed self-moisturizing contact lenses. The contact lens developed by the Tirasaki Institute…
