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In Sri Lanka itself, citizens have first access to free corneas. [4] In 2003, the United Nations Association of Sri Lanka joined with the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society to initiate the "Sight Project", with the aim of assisting patients in need of cornea transplants through United Nations Associations in their respective countries. [6]
On 25 May 1964, Vesak Day, the first set of eyes was sent to Singapore. Since its founding, the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society has gifted over 100,000 corneas to restore the sight of the blind in Sri Lanka and 62 other countries.
The Moroccan dirham (Arabic: درهم, romanized: dirham, Moroccan Arabic: درهم, romanized: derhem; sign: DH; code: MAD) is the official monetary currency of Morocco. It is issued by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco. One Moroccan dirham is subdivided into 100 santimat (singular: santim; Arabic: سنتيم).
In 1944, Paton established the world's first eye bank, the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, in New York. [5] The establishment of the world's first eye bank was only the beginning of the great steps taken to improve corneal transplantation and to increase eye banking's influence in the transplantation community.
It replaced a system consisting of copper falus, silver dirham and gold benduqi. In Spanish Morocco , the rial was replaced by the Spanish peseta in 1912 at a rate of 1 rial = 5 pesetas. In French Morocco , the rial was replaced in 1921 by the franc at a rate of 1 rial = 10 francs.
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From 2018, [25] the country's currency, the Moroccan dirham, is fully convertible for current account transactions; reforms of the financial sector have been implemented; and state enterprises are being privatised. The services sector accounts for just over half of the GDP. The industry sector– consisting of mining, construction and ...
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