Israeli, Pakistani MDs Save Eyesight Of Afghan Children

Vietnamese boy Ngo Van Truc, 3, and his mother Nguyen Thi Hang, 28, at the National Cancer Hospital ('K Hospital') in Hanoi. Retinoblastoma Silk Road Project facilitates treatment in Pakistan for children from Afghanistan with a deadly form of eye cancer. CHAU DOAN/LIGHT ROCKET/GETTY IMAGES

Retinoblastoma (Rb), a potentially deadly eye cancer affecting children up to age five, is highly curable in high-income countries.

But in many other countries, barriers to healthcare cause survival rates to plummet below 50 percent.