Get your reading glasses... in the post office
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VisionSpring partnered with India Post's 150,000-office network to screen for vision problems and distribute free reading glasses; 5,000+ people have already been screened at five pilot post offices in Assam, with glasses enabling people to perform work tasks like tea leaf picking.
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