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April 10, 2013\u2014 U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson visited one of the largest providers of eye surgery in Pakistan at the Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (LRBT) hospital in Mandra, Punjab, to commemorate World Health Day. LRBT is the recipient of a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s (USAID) Small Grants Program, which has funded surgeries for 11,417 Pakistani women at LRBT.<\/p>\n
The initiative targeted those who are unable to afford treatment for cataracts and other eye ailments. In the past year, USAID has worked with LRBT to fund surgeries at six hospitals throughout Pakistan, located in Akora Khattak, Mansehra, Khanewal, Mandra, Lar, and Rashidabad.<\/p>\n
\u201cLRBT\u2019s success over the past year is an excellent example of how our countries can work together to address difficult, health-related challenges. USAID\u2019s small grants are used to augment the efforts of Pakistani organizations throughout the country, and I\u2019m pleased we were able to work with LRBT to improve the lives of so many Pakistani women,\u201d the Ambassador said.<\/p>\n
At the event, the Ambassador toured the hospital, witnessed the use of the latest technologies to conduct surgeries, and heard directly from women who had received USAID-funded surgery about how their lives had been transformed by renewed vision.<\/p>\n
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