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West African stamps featuring Onchocerciasis
(river blindness),
an important cause of blindness in this part of the world. |
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| Stamps featuring blindness from malnutrition mainly vitamin A deficiency. |
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| Stamps featuring blindness from trachoma from Swaziland and Cuba. |
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There are a number of stamps that
feature diabetes mellitus
but only these two show eyes in the design. |
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| Chinese stamp featuring cataract
extraction. |
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| A stamp highlighting the importance of blood pressure control and an
eye showing hypertensive retinopathy. |
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| Hansen's disease or leprosy. The figure on the leftt is Hansen who
first identified the acid fast bacilli that causes leprosy. The next two
stamps highlight leprosy. |
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| Behcet's disease. |
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| Stamps from different countries Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and Grenada featuring
eye bank and corneal donation. |
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| Stamps showing awareness of occupational eye disease. Rhodesia not
longer exist. |
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| Tanzania commemorating Lion Club Foundation 1987 featuring spectacles
for ametropia. |
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