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National Programme For Control of Blindness: - Jayashree Iyer Roll No. 43

The document summarizes India's National Programme for Control of Blindness, which was launched in 1976 with the goals of reducing blindness prevalence and providing comprehensive eye care. It aims to reduce blindness through cataract treatment and developing eye care facilities at all levels. Activities include cataract surgeries, training of eye care workers, and school eye screening. India has also committed to the global Vision 2020 initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020 through a proposed four-tiered structure of eye care centers.

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National Programme For Control of Blindness: - Jayashree Iyer Roll No. 43

The document summarizes India's National Programme for Control of Blindness, which was launched in 1976 with the goals of reducing blindness prevalence and providing comprehensive eye care. It aims to reduce blindness through cataract treatment and developing eye care facilities at all levels. Activities include cataract surgeries, training of eye care workers, and school eye screening. India has also committed to the global Vision 2020 initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020 through a proposed four-tiered structure of eye care centers.

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National Programme

for Control of Blindness


-Jayashree Iyer
Roll no. 43
National Programmefor Control of Blindness

• Launched in year1976

• 100% centrally sponsoredprogramme

• Goals:
- To reduce the prevalence of blindness from 1.38 to
0.3%
- To provide comprehensive eye care facilities for
primary, secondary and tertiary levels
Flips
• Launching of Cataract Blindness Control Project assisted
by the World Bank

• Adoption of Vision 2020:Right to Sight


Objectives
• To reduce backlog of blindness through
identification & treatment ofblind.

• To develop eye care facility for every district.

• To develop human resources for eye care services

• To improve quality of servicedelivery

• To secure participation of civil society & private


sector
Organizational Structure for NPCB
Service Delivery & ReferralSystem
Activities
1. Cataract operation: IOL implantation has been
emphasized.
2. Involvement of NGOs
3. Civil works: Construction of eye wards, OTs & dark
room were undertaken in 7 states under World Bank
assisted project
4. Training to eye surgeons, PHC MO, ophthalmic
assistant, ophthalmic HWs
5. Commodity assistant like sutures & IOLs, slit lamps, A‐
scans, Yag lasers, keratometres are procured centrally
& distributed to states &DBCS
6. IEC
7. MIS
8. Monitoring& evaluation rapid assessment surveys,
beneficiary assessment survey, visual outcome
surveys
9. Collection & utilization of donatedeyes:
Nearly 20,000 donated eyes are collected per annum
10. School Eye Screening Programme :
First screening by trainedteachers.
Children suspected to have refractory errors are confirmed by
ophthalmic assistants.
Corrective spectacles are prescribed or provided free of cost to
poor
Vision 2020: Right to Sight
A global initiative has been taken to reduce avoidable
blindness by 2020.

India also has committed to this initiative.


Plan of action
Target diseases:
Cataract, Refractive Errors, Childhood Blindness, Glaucoma,
Diabetic Retinopathy and Trachoma

Human resource development


Mid level Ophthalmic Personnel

Infrastructure development:
Proposed 4‐tier structureincludes:
Centres Of Excellence (20),
Training Centres(200),
Services Centres(2000),
Vision Centres(20,000).
Proposed Structure
for VISION 2020
Centre of Excellence 20
Professional leadership;
Strategy development; CME;
Laying of standards &Quality
assurance; Research

Training Centres 200


Tertiary eye care
Training & CME

Service Centres 2000


Cataract surgery; Other common eyesurgeries;
Facilities for refraction; Referralservices

Vision Centres 20000


Refraction & Prescription of glasses; Primary eye care;
School eye screening programme; Screening and referral services
Thank you.

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