Blindness: Indian scenario: Is it really preventable?
Keywords:
Blindness, Indian scenario, preventable cause
Abstract
Blindness & visual impairment are important preventable morbidities. It is more important in developing countries like India.Two important aspects are lack of medical care available in peripheral part of country & lack of awareness of generalpopulation for medical care. Almost 80-90 % of population is suffering from preventable cause of blindness. There is anurgent need for screening programs & availability of medical care from government & Non government organization in our country.
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Review Article International Journal of Medical Research and Review Available online at: www.ijmrr.in 260 | P a g e Blindness in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2001;42 (5): 908-916
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adequate to deal with blindness in India. Lancet. 1998 May 2;351(9112):1312-6.
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Blindness and Its Prevention. Volume 6. Hyderabad: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness;2001.
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Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology. 2000;107(9):1710–1716.
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30. Yau JW, Rogers SL, Kawasaki R, Lamoureux EL, Kowalski JW, Bek T, et al. Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes Care. 2012
Mar;35(3):556-64.
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32. Neena J, Rachel J, Praveen V, Murthy GV. Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness India Study Group. Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in India. PLoS
One 2008;3:e2867.
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Iqbal S, Kumar Dubey A, Gedam DS. Blindness: Indian scenario: Is it really preventable?. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2013Dec.31 [cited 2024Dec.23];1(5):270-5. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/48
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