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·11 November 2026·🇮🇪

Cataract surgery linked to gains in quality of life, work, food and income security - EurekAlert!

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Two studies from rural Mozambique show that cataract surgery is associated with significant improvements in work participation, quality of life, food and income security among adults with vision impairment. The quantitative study of over 800 adults found a 40.7 percentage point increase in participation in own work such as farming following surgery.

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[![Image 1: Following cataract surgery, an individual in Mozambique, who was not part of the research, gathers cassava she dried to make flour for her food.](https://mediasvc.eurekalert.org/Api/v1/Multimedia/8b6d778c-75e0-4891-8795-b64283dc6166/Rendition/low-res/Content/Public)](https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/1161730) **image:** **Following cataract surgery, an individual in Mozambique, who…

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