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Work on new eye clinic in Vanuatu well underway.

05:00 am on 3 September 2018

The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand's Vanuatu eye clinic provides vital eye care for people in the country.

Work is now well underway to complete a new clinic at the Port Vila centre, which based at the national hospital.

Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor was in Vanuatu recently and spoke to the Foundation's senior nurse, Annie Bong, about what types of eye issues the clinic deals with.

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Head nurse of the Fred Hollows clinic in Vanuatu, Annie Bong, Photo: RNZ/Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor