Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has been recognised as an important cause of childhood visual impairment and blindness since the 1940s when improved facilities and treatment increased the survival rate of premature infants. Although its incidence and severity have been decreasing in developed countries over the past two decades, both are increasing in developing nations. ROP is consequently ta...

Surgically removable cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness worldwide. The disease is much more common in developing countries due to the absence of ophthalmologists who can perform cataract surgery. Though many factors influence cataract development, the vast majority of cases are age-related and develop in persons over 50 years old. Studies show that women are more susceptible to cat...

Abstract Diabetic retinopathy is a neurovascular complication of diabetes which an avoidable cause sight loss. Since the introduction screening for diabetic in UK along with improving treatments both and it no longer leading blindness UK. Screening detects at early stage when optimisation blood glucose, pressure cholesterol are effective reducing progression retinopathy. Once proliferative or m...

Community Eye Health Journal is published quarterly. It addresses the problem of avoidable blindness and focuses on countries where the burden of preventable blindness is greatest. Articles combine clinical issues with public health approaches, which include disease control, research, planning and management, appropriate technology, human resource development, advocacy, social sciences and heal...

In 1994, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were at that time 45 million blind and that the number would double by the year 2020. However, at least 75% of the blindness was unnecessary, being preventable or treatable. They estimated that the number of blind could be reduced to 25 million by 2020 by applying what we currently knew. At that time, some 60% of blindness was du...

Purpose To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment, cataract surgical coverage (CSC), visual outcome of cataract surgery, and barriers to uptake cataract surgery in Timor-Leste. Method In a nationwide rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB), the latest population (1,066,409) and household data were used to create a sampling frame which consists of 2,227 po...

Purpose: To analyse the barriers to the uptake of cataract surgery in patients aged over 50 years in a rural set up and suggest possible remedial measures. Methods: Sixty one clusters of 50 people aged over 50 years were selected by probabilityproportionate to size sampling. All participants were evaluated using standard Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness ( RAAB ) methodology. People with ...

Background: Bangladesh is being the commissioner for oaths to vision 2020, a global campaign elimination of avoidable blindness by formulated national eye care plan. This report illustrates present status health service using assessment tool (ECSAT) that assesses an system across six ‘building blocks’ system.Methods: The study followed mixed method collect data. World organization (WHO) standar...

Cataract and glaucoma account for 62.2% and 5.9% of blindness in Nepal, [1] and for 33.4% and 6.6% of blindness worldwide [2]. In a Himalayan country already devastated by the 25 April 2015 earthquake, we have observed that the inhabitants of the very remote village of Pelmang in the mountainous region of the Solukhumbu District, have been ravaged by blinding ocular morbidities. The majority of...