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Prevalence and causes of childhood blindness in India: A systematic review
Childhood blindness (CHB) is a public health concern across the world. Global estimates on childhood blindness show that there are around 1.42 million and 17.52 million children suffering from blindness and moderate to severe visual impairment, respectively.[] Almost three quarters of these live in low-middle income countries where the prevalence is reported to be as high as 1.5 per 1000 ...
Visual impairment and blindness among children from schools
In the present study, conducted from October 2018 through December 2019, we report the causes of blindness and severe visual impairment among children attending schools for the blind in Maharashtra, western India, 12 years after a similar study was published. This information will help assess trends over the last decade and will be useful for ...
Visual impairment and blindness among children from schools for the
Childhood blindness is a major public health concern worldwide.[] In India, the prevalence of such blindness is estimated to be approximately 0.5/1,000,[2,3,4] and at least 210,000 children have severe visual impairment (SVI) or blindness (BL).[] Approximately 15,000 are in schools for the blind and nearly half the causes are avoidable.[2,3,4,6,7] Such blindness has far-reaching implications ...
Emerging trends in childhood blindness and ocular morbidity in India
This is a population-based cross-sectional descriptive study of children ≤15 years of age, conducted from August 2012 to December 2013. ... Rahi JS, Sripathi S, Gilbert CE, et al. Childhood blindness in India: causes in 1318 blind school students in nine states. Eye. 1995; 9:545-50. doi: 10.1038/eye.1995.137.
A population-based study on the prevalence and causes of chi
Globally, 1.4 million children suffer from blindness and it is estimated that almost two-third of these live in developing countries. Overall, there are probably2,80,000-3,20,000 blind children in India. This is a major North Indian population-based study on childhood visual impairment.
Visual impairment and blindness among children from schools for the
Purpose: To determine the causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in schools for the blind in Maharashtra, India. Methods: Children aged <16 years, enrolled in the schools for the blind in Maharashtra state, India were examined between October 2018 and December 2019. The anatomical sites and etiology for blindness were recorded using the World Health Organization's ...
Prevalence and causes of childhood blindness in India: A ...
The causes of childhood blindness from the available blind school studies revealed that causes of childhood blindness have mainly shifted from corneal causes to whole globe abnormalities. This article highlights that though with the availability of proper healthcare facilities, the trend is changing for the causes but still a lot of effort in ...
Causes of vision impairment and blindness among children in
There are an estimated 280,000-320,000 children blind in India. As it is difficult to conduct population-based studies, an alternative approach to obtain information is to conduct a survey in schools for the blind. ... This is similar to previous studies in India where there is under-representation of children with multiple disabilities.[10 ...
Childhood blindness in India: a population based perspective
Childhood blindness is one of the priorities in Vision 2020: the right to sight. 1 It is estimated that there are 1.4 million blind children in the world, two thirds of whom live in the developing countries, 2 and that the causes of blindness in children vary according to region and socioeconomic development. 2, 3 Population based data on the prevalence of childhood blindness, which are needed ...
A Survey of Visual Impairment in Children Attending a Blind ...
2 Department of General Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. 3 Department of Cataract Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. PMID: 34321755. PMCID: PMC8281874. DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_209_20. A Survey of Visual Impairment ...
Prevalence and causes of childhood blindness in India: A systematic review
India, and to judiciously allocate future resources, tailored to the needs of the community. Such a review will certainly highlight the need for a paradigm shift in the context of childhood intervention program in India. In fact, with population-based studies being few and far apart, and blind
PDF CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS IN INDIA: CAUSES IN 1318 BLIND SCHOOL ...
Restriction of the study to these children introduces ... 1318 blind school children in India Anatomical site n % Whole globea 334 25.3 Corneab 348 26.4 Lens 162 12.3
Commentary: Blindness, schools for the blind: Our scenario!
The current prevalence of blindness in children in India is known to be around 0.8 per 1,000. [ 1] In developing countries, 30% to 72% of pediatric blindness is avoidable with most, in fact, being preventable. [ 2 3] The causes of blindness, based on studies conducted in blind schools, have shifted from preventable causes to irreversible causes ...
Exploring ableism in Indian schooling through the social model of
The research site. My research was conducted at a study centre for blind children in Mumbai, India. Supported by the National Association for the Blind (NAB), India, the centre caters to partially/blind students most of who attend mainstream schools.
Incurable Childhood Blindness in India: A Review
Estimated National Prevalence of Childhood Blindness /Low Vision in India is 0.80 per thousand [6]. 4. Causes. Rahi et al. (1993) examined 1,318 children with severe visual impairment or blindness in 22 schools for the blind in 9 states of India. The major causes of childhood blindness were corneal scar (26%), anomalies of the globe (25% ...
Childhood blindness in a rural population of southern India ...
Purpose: To determine the prevalence and etiology of childhood blindness in a rural population in southern India through a population based study. Methods: A cross sectional, house-to-house survey to screen for childhood blindness included 14,423 children < 16 years. Blindness was defined as best corrected visual acuity < 3/60 in the better eye ...
Blind Kids Gain Vision Late in Childhood While Giving a Lesson in Brain
The next step was to identify a medical partner in India where blind children could receive world-class surgical care. One ophthalmic center stood out: Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH) in ...
A population-based study on the prevalence and causes of childhood
Globally, 1.4 million children suffer from blindness and it is estimated that almost two-third of these live in developing countries. Overall, there are probably2,80,000-3,20,000 blind children in India. This is a major North Indian population-based study on childhood visual impairment.
PDF A Study on the Pattern of Blindness in Children of A Blind ...
A total of 40 children from 5 to 20 years enrolled in a blind school were examined in detail. The children underwent visual acuity estimation, external ocular examination and fundoscopy. Among the 40 students, 10 students had visual acuity less than 3/60 and less than 1/60 in 30 students. The most common causes of blindness were congenital ...
Changing pattern of childhood blindness in eight North-Eastern states
The important treatable causes were cataract (η = 27, 5.8%) and glaucoma (η = 17, 3.66%). Blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity was detected in one case. The remaining 87.7% of children were blind due to unavoidable causes such as congenital anomalies and other acquired causes.
Changing pattern of childhood blindness in eight North-Easte ...
ethods: Children aged ≤16 years, with a visual acuity of ≤6/18 in the better eye, attending 17 schools for the blind were examined between November 2018 and March 2020. WHO protocol and reporting format was used for the evaluation, diagnosis, and classification of the causes. Results: Out of 465 eligible study participants, 93.76% were blind and only 12.26% of causes were avoidable ...
Blindness and visual impairment and their causes in India: Results of a
The current study was a nationwide RAAB survey conducted in randomly selected 31 districts of India with the assistance of NPCB&VI, India. The objective was to document the status of blindness and provide evidence-based data on the prevalence and determinants of blindness and visual impairment in population aged ≥50 years in the country.
Childhood blindness in India: causes in 1318 blind school ...
A total of 1411 children in 22 schools from nine states in different geographical zones were examined by an ophthalmologist and optometrist. Of these, 1318 children were severely visually impaired or blind (SVI/BL). The major causes of SVI/BL in this study were: (1) corneal staphyloma, scar and phthisis bulbi (mainly attributable to vitamin A ...
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Childhood blindness (CHB) is a public health concern across the world. Global estimates on childhood blindness show that there are around 1.42 million and 17.52 million children suffering from blindness and moderate to severe visual impairment, respectively.[] Almost three quarters of these live in low-middle income countries where the prevalence is reported to be as high as 1.5 per 1000 ...
In the present study, conducted from October 2018 through December 2019, we report the causes of blindness and severe visual impairment among children attending schools for the blind in Maharashtra, western India, 12 years after a similar study was published. This information will help assess trends over the last decade and will be useful for ...
Childhood blindness is a major public health concern worldwide.[] In India, the prevalence of such blindness is estimated to be approximately 0.5/1,000,[2,3,4] and at least 210,000 children have severe visual impairment (SVI) or blindness (BL).[] Approximately 15,000 are in schools for the blind and nearly half the causes are avoidable.[2,3,4,6,7] Such blindness has far-reaching implications ...
This is a population-based cross-sectional descriptive study of children ≤15 years of age, conducted from August 2012 to December 2013. ... Rahi JS, Sripathi S, Gilbert CE, et al. Childhood blindness in India: causes in 1318 blind school students in nine states. Eye. 1995; 9:545-50. doi: 10.1038/eye.1995.137.
Globally, 1.4 million children suffer from blindness and it is estimated that almost two-third of these live in developing countries. Overall, there are probably2,80,000-3,20,000 blind children in India. This is a major North Indian population-based study on childhood visual impairment.
Purpose: To determine the causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in schools for the blind in Maharashtra, India. Methods: Children aged <16 years, enrolled in the schools for the blind in Maharashtra state, India were examined between October 2018 and December 2019. The anatomical sites and etiology for blindness were recorded using the World Health Organization's ...
The causes of childhood blindness from the available blind school studies revealed that causes of childhood blindness have mainly shifted from corneal causes to whole globe abnormalities. This article highlights that though with the availability of proper healthcare facilities, the trend is changing for the causes but still a lot of effort in ...
There are an estimated 280,000-320,000 children blind in India. As it is difficult to conduct population-based studies, an alternative approach to obtain information is to conduct a survey in schools for the blind. ... This is similar to previous studies in India where there is under-representation of children with multiple disabilities.[10 ...
Childhood blindness is one of the priorities in Vision 2020: the right to sight. 1 It is estimated that there are 1.4 million blind children in the world, two thirds of whom live in the developing countries, 2 and that the causes of blindness in children vary according to region and socioeconomic development. 2, 3 Population based data on the prevalence of childhood blindness, which are needed ...
2 Department of General Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. 3 Department of Cataract Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. PMID: 34321755. PMCID: PMC8281874. DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_209_20. A Survey of Visual Impairment ...
India, and to judiciously allocate future resources, tailored to the needs of the community. Such a review will certainly highlight the need for a paradigm shift in the context of childhood intervention program in India. In fact, with population-based studies being few and far apart, and blind
Restriction of the study to these children introduces ... 1318 blind school children in India Anatomical site n % Whole globea 334 25.3 Corneab 348 26.4 Lens 162 12.3
The current prevalence of blindness in children in India is known to be around 0.8 per 1,000. [ 1] In developing countries, 30% to 72% of pediatric blindness is avoidable with most, in fact, being preventable. [ 2 3] The causes of blindness, based on studies conducted in blind schools, have shifted from preventable causes to irreversible causes ...
The research site. My research was conducted at a study centre for blind children in Mumbai, India. Supported by the National Association for the Blind (NAB), India, the centre caters to partially/blind students most of who attend mainstream schools.
Estimated National Prevalence of Childhood Blindness /Low Vision in India is 0.80 per thousand [6]. 4. Causes. Rahi et al. (1993) examined 1,318 children with severe visual impairment or blindness in 22 schools for the blind in 9 states of India. The major causes of childhood blindness were corneal scar (26%), anomalies of the globe (25% ...
Purpose: To determine the prevalence and etiology of childhood blindness in a rural population in southern India through a population based study. Methods: A cross sectional, house-to-house survey to screen for childhood blindness included 14,423 children < 16 years. Blindness was defined as best corrected visual acuity < 3/60 in the better eye ...
The next step was to identify a medical partner in India where blind children could receive world-class surgical care. One ophthalmic center stood out: Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH) in ...
Globally, 1.4 million children suffer from blindness and it is estimated that almost two-third of these live in developing countries. Overall, there are probably2,80,000-3,20,000 blind children in India. This is a major North Indian population-based study on childhood visual impairment.
A total of 40 children from 5 to 20 years enrolled in a blind school were examined in detail. The children underwent visual acuity estimation, external ocular examination and fundoscopy. Among the 40 students, 10 students had visual acuity less than 3/60 and less than 1/60 in 30 students. The most common causes of blindness were congenital ...
The important treatable causes were cataract (η = 27, 5.8%) and glaucoma (η = 17, 3.66%). Blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity was detected in one case. The remaining 87.7% of children were blind due to unavoidable causes such as congenital anomalies and other acquired causes.
ethods: Children aged ≤16 years, with a visual acuity of ≤6/18 in the better eye, attending 17 schools for the blind were examined between November 2018 and March 2020. WHO protocol and reporting format was used for the evaluation, diagnosis, and classification of the causes. Results: Out of 465 eligible study participants, 93.76% were blind and only 12.26% of causes were avoidable ...
The current study was a nationwide RAAB survey conducted in randomly selected 31 districts of India with the assistance of NPCB&VI, India. The objective was to document the status of blindness and provide evidence-based data on the prevalence and determinants of blindness and visual impairment in population aged ≥50 years in the country.
A total of 1411 children in 22 schools from nine states in different geographical zones were examined by an ophthalmologist and optometrist. Of these, 1318 children were severely visually impaired or blind (SVI/BL). The major causes of SVI/BL in this study were: (1) corneal staphyloma, scar and phthisis bulbi (mainly attributable to vitamin A ...