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Vision
2020: The Right to Sight
Global
initiative to prevent and Control Avoidable Blindness
WORLD
SIGHT DAY 2004
Initiatives
under National Programme for Control of Blindness
Factors
about Blindness in India
- There
are more that 11 million blind persons in India
- 80%
of blindness can be prevented or cured.
- Cataract
accounts for 62% of blindness
- 8
persons are operated for cataract every minute.
- One
Lakh donated eyes are required per year.
- Only
20 thousand eyes are donated per year.
- Cataract
Surgery is simple and safe.
- It
is available free of cost for the poor.
Targets
for 10th Plan (2002 – 2007)
- Cataract
Operations 21
million
- IOL
Implantation >
80%
- Collection
of Donated Eyes 1,75,000
- Training
of Eye Surgeons 1,200
- Refractive
errors in children Free
Spectacles
- Pediatric
Eye Units 50
- New
facilities for IOL surgery 350
- Vision
Centres in rural areas
2,000
- Reduction
in Blindness 1.1
% to 0.8%
New
Initiatives
- Development
of facilities for all leading causes of blindness.
- Control
of childhood blindness through
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School eye screening Programme
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Increase in collection of donated eyes.
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Developing pediatric eye units
- Reaching
underserved population-
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2000 Vision Centres in rural areas.
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Active village blind registry.
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Involvement of NGOs and Panchayats.
Revised
Grant-in-aid to NGOs & Panchayats
- Non-recurring
grant to NGOs Rs. 25
Lakhs
- Non-recurring
grant to Eye Banks Rs. 10 Lakhs
- Recurring
grant for free surgery
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Conventional Surgery
Rs. 500 Lakhs
-
IOL Surgery
Rs. 750 Lakhs
- Recurring
grant to Eye Banks Rs.
1000 / pair
- Spectacles
(Children & Operated) Rs.
125 / case
- GIA
to Panchayat Raj Institutes Rs.
175 / case
(
For organizing & transportation)
National
workshop On Enhancing Community Participation Through
Public-Private Partnership in Eye care
Inaugartion
by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Dr.
Anbumani Ramadoss
At
USI Prmises, Rao Tularam Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
14th
October 2004 at 5.pm
Issued
by: Ophthalmology/ Blindness Control Section, Directorate
General of Health Services, Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare , Government of India.
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