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October 22, 2009
2 NCD’s can take away person’s vision-Fiji
Following information is about Mr. Setareki Macanawai, a former participant of Leaders Course 1999. He is now the Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Disability Forum.
The information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
Publish date/time: 21/10/2009 [07:46]
Fijivillage.com
The Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Disability Forum said that taking good care of eyes will save people from losing the most precious body part.
45 year old Setareki Macanawai said that sometimes people do not seem to understand how it feels to be not able to see things.
The National Advisor for Non Communicable Diseases, Dr Isimeli Tukana said that people need to realise that two NCD's can take away a person's vision.
Meanwhile, for the first time ever, people with disabilities in the Pacific will be the focus of a Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial meeting to be held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from today.
The Secretariat's Acting General Secretary Feleti Teo said that this Forum will be a landmark forum as the Secretariat has for the first time organised a ministerial meeting with a human rights focus.
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Posted by jicafriends at October 22, 2009 03:42 PM