Friday, April 30, 2010

Scale, Sustainability and Community: Aravind and the Hilton Prize | onPhilanthropy

Scale, Sustainability and Community: Aravind and the Hilton Prize | onPhilanthropy: "Last week, the world’s largest humanitarian prize was awarded to an innovative eye care provider that has saved millions from blindness in India and is now recognized as a low-cost model for efficient healthcare globally. Aravind Eye Care System, the world’s largest eye care provider that has developed innovative technologies allowing it to perform 300,000 eye surgeries each year – 70 percent subsidized or free for the poor – received the $1.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize April 20 in in a ceremony in Redwood City."

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