BACKGROUND A recent survey of avoidable blindness in Varamin District, Iran, identified moderately high levels of visual impairment (10%) and blindness (1.5%) in people >50 years. This study aimed to define current provision, identify gaps and suggest practical solutions for improving eye health services in this area. METHODS The World Health Organization (WHO) framework for analyzing health ...

VISION 2020: The Right to Sight has provided a vision and a common goal for eye care programmes. It has provided the paradigm shift, or change in the way of thinking, from individual patient care to population care, a shift from each person doing a job or task, to a group working to eliminate avoidable blindness. Such a common goal needs a team approach. The VISION 2020 approach proposes that a...

AIMS To survey the spectrum of eye disease presenting to rural eye clinics in Cambodia. METHODS A total of 1381 patients seen consecutively at 13 eye clinics were examined and the findings recorded. RESULTS 231 (16.7%) were bilaterally blind (visual acuity < 3/60 in both eyes); 263 (19%) were unilaterally blind, and 169 (12%) had low vision (visual acuity < 6/18 in the better eye). Cataract...

Sightsavers is an international organisation working with partners in over 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities. The organisation is currently piloting an Inclusive Eye Health (IEH) initiative in Bhopal (India), involving a tertiary eye hospital and six primary vision centres located within urban informal settlements. The project aims ...

Background: Primary open angle glaucoma is one of the leading causes of avoidable blindness in Sub-Saharan Africa Medical therapy: Anti-glaucoma medication pose a special challenge due to high cost, non availability, and presence of substandard/ adulterated drugs in the region. With wide spread poverty compliance to medication for life is poor. Trabeculectomy: Although there are various types o...

Although worldwide data is incomplete, cataract is probably the leading cause of blindness in the world [l]. A recent review of global data on blindness suggests that of the estimated 42 million blind in the world, approx. 17 million are blind from cataract [2]. It is particularly tragic that cataract should cause such a large share of blindness because the surgical techniques for removing lent...

BACKGROUND "Vision 2020 - the right to sight" is a program which purpose is to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020 through the implementation of concrete action plans at the national and district levels. Accordingly, baseline data are needed for the planning, monitoring, follow-up and evaluation of this program. The present study aimed to better characterize visual impairment and bli...

OBJECTIVE Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is emerging as a significant avoidable cause of childhood blindness in developing countries. This study was conducted to assess the referral system for ROP in the leading health care centers involved in the provision of services to newborns in Karachi, and to assess the awareness of this condition among health care workers in these centers. METHODS A...

With an aging population, prevalence of visual impairment (VI) is expected to increase as well. A retrospective study was conducted involving the files older adult patients aged 60 years and above from Primary Eye Care (PEC) Optometry Clinic Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). This aimed determine causes VI among adults. by reviewing who had visited PEC UKM 2009 2019. Socio-demographic, healt...