Blindness In India
The survey randomly identified 31 districts with a sample size of about 93 000 among whom 18 000 were less than 50 years of age.
Blindness in india. Cause for blindness. The loss of blindness that could have been completely prevented by institution of effective preventive or prophylactic measures e g. But the estimated prevalence of blindness still stands at 1 99 per cent severe visual impairment at 1 96 per cent moderate visual impairment at 9 81 per cent and moderate severe visual impairment at 11 77 per cent according to the survey.
The national blindness visual impairment survey india 2015 2019 released last week looks at district wise prevalence of blindness and visual impairment. India was the first country to launch the national programme for control of blindness in 1976 to reduce blindness prevalence to 0 3 per cent by 2020. In india since trachoma is limited onchocerciasis is non existent.
The sum total of preventable or curable blindness is often referred to as avoidable blindness. Over 6 million of them should not have been blind as 75 of blindness is easily preventable. Glaucoma diabetic retinopathy and corneal diseases form priorities under india s vision 2020 action plan.
