{
  "id": 14635038,
  "title": "Cataracts account for more than half of blindness in Ghana — GHS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/cataracts-account-for-more-than-half-of-blindness-in-ghana-ghs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T06:33:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/cataracts-account-for-more-than-half-of-blindness-in-ghana-ghs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MORE than half of blindness cases recorded in Ghana are caused by cataracts, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed. Head of the Eye Care Unit at the GHS, Dr Hornametor Afake, said cataracts account for an estimated 140,000, representing 54.8 per cent of the nearly 254,000 Ghanaians who are completely blind in the country. … The post Cataracts account for more than half of blindness in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}