MEDICINEPOLITICSSeeing theworld in allits beautyJames's mission tofight avoidable blindness.STORY BY KELLY BROWNEighty per cent of the world’s visual impairmentand blindness is avoidable, according to Australianof the Year and alumnus Dr James Muecke AM.It’s this idea that has motivated James throughouthis career. It’s what took him out of Australia and to Asia toprovide his expertise, where access to healthcare is a humanrights issue.It is also the impetus behind Sight for All, the not-forprofit organisation James started with colleagues to provideeye health care projects, to not only reduce blindness butto alleviate poverty and save lives in some of the poorestcommunities in the world.“It was just something that was inside me and I knew, for aslong as I can remember, probably as young as seven or eightyears of age, that I wanted to do medicine.”ALUMNI MAGAZINE - SUMMER 20203
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