World report on vision
At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world
Blindness
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18 born blind in arsenic hit Bihar district
PATNA: Altogether 18 children were born blind in the arsenic affected blocks of Bhojpur district during the past three months, Bihar Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav confirmed. The cause of the blindness was not yet known, but health department officials were in touch with ophthalmologists, he said.
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Remote sensing and GIS mapping eye infections
Zubeda Hamid | IN a tiny laboratory of the physics department in Lady Doak College, a project is on to map eye infections that cause blindness among children in Pudukottai district.
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7.5 lakh suffer from blindness, 1.2 lakh added a year
Blindness is a major public health threat in the country, with over 750,000 people suffering from the malaise while 120,000 new incidences occurring every year mostly for lack of eye care resources and awareness.
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Sri Lanka has half a million blind people
According to a recent report published by the Ministry of Heath, 150,000 fully blind people and another 400,000 with eye diseases lacking clear vision live in Sri Lanka. Around 50,000 suffer from cataract and another 15,000 are impaired with glaucoma. About 6,000 are suffering from various eye problems due to diabetics, the report says.
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Young India strains to see the grim picture
A WHO study says 60% of people with poor vision in the country are under 45, with trachoma being the chief culprit Is young India
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Cigarette smoke may lead to cataract
cigarette smoke has been linked to a higher rate of cataract but a new study says that even those who chew tobacco are at risk. Chewing tobacco is common in India, where cataract accounts for 44 per
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Report of the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health
<p>The terms of reference of the National Commission on Macroeconomics & Health, included among others, a critical appraisal of the present health system — both in the public and the private
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Blind about Braille
It s time something was done about the lack of Braille texts in India
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A space of their own
A garden for blind persons that explores more than just botanical learning
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Toxic tales from God's own country
As deformity cases swell in Kerala s Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government