Hyderabad: Visual impairment in India has gone down by just 10 percent in the last six years and blindness has reduced by only 12 percent, according to a survey conducted by the World Health Organisation. More than 450 million in India require vision correction, of which 100 million do not have access to an eye examination nor can they afford a pair of spectacles.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drafted an action plan, called the Vision 2020, for reducing visual impairment by 14 percent, and blindness by 20 percent in the coming years. I am of the opinion that it is a small target, said Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, speaking at the inauguration of the Ninth General Assembly of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.
Addressing more than 1500 delegates, Dr Kalam opined that India must aim to reduce all vision impairments by 50 percent by the end of 2020. Suggesting a few measures, Kalam says, It can be achieved through development of technology, sharing of knowledge through global platforms, advocacy missions by social and government organisations and improvement of infrastructure. He also emphasised that the countries must take up population surveys once in two years to understand the present state of impairment and blindness that prevails among the people, in order to reduce the gap.
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