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Community Eye Health Journal is published by the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) in printed format, electronically on CD-ROM and the Internet, and in regional and translated formats. Journal articles and the other information on this web site are licensed for general distribution under the non-commercial Creative Commons License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-profit purposes, provided the original work is properly cited.

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