Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) has set a national benchmark in public eye-care, emerging as the only province in Sri Lanka to successfully implement a structured, large-scale vision programme for schoolchildren, while now preparing to expand the initiative both in scope and reach.Sri Lanka Travel Guide
At the heart of this achievement is the province's school-based vision programme, "Clear Vision, Bright Future", of which the first phase has already been completed with measurable success. The initiative, which included systematic eye screening and the free distribution of spectacles to identified students, has since been recognised at national level and recommended as a model for replication in other provinces....