Mozambican eye health expert named hero

By Jose Tembe

Mozambican optometrist Isaura Brito dos Santos has been named the Eye Health Hero 2021.

She was honoured by the UK-based International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness after being nominated among 81 other experts.

Dr Dos Santos worked with a Spanish NGO to improve the quality of eye health in children in Mozambique.

She is currently the director of the optometry course at the faculty of health sciences of Mozambique's Lurio University.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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