Operación Milagro
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Operación Milagro (English: Operation Miracle; also Misión Milagro in Venezuela) is a program of international solidarity launched in 2004 by the governments of Cuba and Venezuela to provide free medical treatment for people with eye problems.[1][2] It additionally provides the countries it operates in with new medical equipment and infrastructure.[3] By 2019, over 4 million people in 34 countries had received free treatment through the program.[4] The program is integrated into the programs of the ALBA.[5]
While in the initial phase of the program patients were transported to Cuba to be attended there, by 2017 there were 69 ophthalmological centers in 15 countries, carrying out vision-saving and restoring surgery.[6]