NEW YORK—Optometrist Tom Little, OD, who headed an optometric field clinic in Afghanistan, was among 10 international aid workers who were killed on Aug. 5 in Afghanistan.
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TOM LITTLE, OD
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Dirk R Frans, executive director of IAM, said, “The work of the NOOR eyecare program will certainly be affected as two of the four international staff are lost. Tom, the team leader of the eye camp, was the driving force behind much of what has been achieved in eyecare in Afghanistan. He is irreplaceable.”
According to IAM, the NOOR eyecare program was established to provide primary eyecare program in a needy area of Afghanistan. The program trained mid-level ophthalmic personnel who worked at day clinics near the city of Jalalabad that provided primary ophthalmic treatment, prevention of blindness education and referral advice.
Optometry Giving Sight was among the eyecare organizations that helped fund the NOOR program. ■ ■