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| Welcome . . . |
| FROM BLINDNESS TO SIGHT – AN ADVENTURE OF LIGHT |
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| As per Vision2020: The Right to Sight, The global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, an estimated 18.7 million Indians are blind" and that nearly 80% of the blindness is avoidable or treatable. THEY LIVE IN DARKNESS ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE CURED, BUT WE CAN SEND HEALING LIGHT INTO THEIR LIVES. |
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| Blindness has profound human and socio-economic consequences in all societies. The costs of lost productivity, rehabilitation and education of the blind are a significant economic burden, particularly in many developing countries. Furthermore in such settings, blindness is often associated with lower life expectancy. Thus, the prevention and cure of blindness can provide enormous savings and facilitate societal developments. |
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| Needless blindness can be eliminated only if people have access to sight saving medical and surgical techniques. There is need for trained eye doctors and eye care teams, increased availability of ophthalmic equipment, instruments, and medicines, and more effective systems for referring patients who are at risk of blindness to treatment centers. |
| Quick Facts |
- Every 5 seconds one person in our world goes blind
- Every minute a child goes blind
- 80% of world’s blindness is avoidable or curable.
- The treatments available for prevention and cure of blindness are among the most successful and cost effective of all health interventions.
- Over 8 million people in Andhra Pradesh are in need of eye care if they are to carry out their normal activities independently and an additional 800,000 require some type of visual aid.
- Utilization of eye care services was less common in rural areas than in urban areas with major barriers being availability and affordability.
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