During the second and third tours, the AECP has provided 4,653 eyeglasses to the representatives of the vulnerable population and special groups in the Lori marz.
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THE SHIRAK MARZ
To carry out screening and treatment the AECP medical teams and the Mobile Eye Hospital have accomplished three tours in the urban and rural communities of the Shirak marz in 2005, 2007 and 2009. During that time, the AECP on the whole has screened 16,834 persons, out of which 86 % was the adult population, while 14 % were children. Though the population of the marz is main urban, the AECP activities and rendered services have been significantly targeted towards the rural residents, who are more deprived or eye care services. Given that Gyumri – the capital of the Shirak marz, has primary, secondary and tertiary level eye care services, Gyumri was not included in the AECP schedule during the third tour. Hence, the coverage of the marz’s urban and rural population do not deviate from the usual proportion, making up 53 and 47% (while the urban population of the marz constitutes around 63 %, according to the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia).
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