{
  "id": 18599982,
  "title": "Govt to expand access to primary eye care for up to 60m people",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/govt-to-expand-access-to-primary-eye-care-for-up-to-60m-people",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-06T23:51:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40447813/govt-to-expand-access-to-primary-eye-care-for-up-to-60m-people"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan has pledged to expand access to primary eye care for up to 60 million people by 2030, as announced at the Global Summit for Eye Health. The government aims to operationalize 150 additional Rural Health Centres (RHCs) as Advanced Primary Eye Care (APEC) centres, staffed by trained optometrists and equipped to provide eye examinations, refraction services, and early detection of various eye conditions. This commitment is driven by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)’s Vision Atlas, which highlights the significant social and economic benefits of investing in eye health in Pakistan, including USD709 million in economic benefits, averted deaths, and prevented cases of depression.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}