Present status of eye care in India.

Abstract:

:India, the second most populous country in the world, is home to 23.5% of the world's blind population. In 1976 India became the first country in the world to start a national program for control of blindness. All surveys in the country have shown that cataract is the most common cause of blindness and all prevention of blindness programs have been "cataract-oriented." However, it has recently been recognized that the visual outcome of the cataract surgeries as well as the training of ophthalmologists has been less than ideal. There is now increasing emphasis on high-quality surgery and up-gradation of skills among ophthalmologists. Other important causes of blindness are refractive errors, childhood blindness, corneal blindness, and glaucoma. The definitions, magnitude, and present status of each of these causes of blindness, as well as efforts at control, are discussed.

journal_name

Surv Ophthalmol

journal_title

Survey of ophthalmology

authors

Thomas R,Paul P,Rao GN,Muliyil JP,Mathai A

doi

10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.10.008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

85-101

issue

1

eissn

0039-6257

issn

1879-3304

pii

S0039-6257(04)00163-8

journal_volume

50

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