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300 children presented as blind (visual acuity <3/60 in the better eye) will have good sight/vision (visual acuity 6/18 with available correction in at least one eye) 4 weeks to 26 weeks following medical treatment and/or prescription for spectacles and/or surgery received through the project.
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7,000 children presented with poor sight/vision (visual acuity >3/60 and <6/18 in the better eye) will have good sight/vision (visual acuity 6/18 with available correction in at least one eye) 4-26 weeks following medical treatment and/or prescription for spectacles and/or surgery received through the project.
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Project Objectives (Outputs): |
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A fully equipped child friendly pediatric eye care unit will be established, with a trained team of eye care professionals (1 senior ophthalmologist, 1 junior ophthalmologist and 4 optometrists, 2 pediatric nurses, 1 counselor and 1 outreach coordinator)
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4 peripheral centres of the hospital will be strengthened to screen, examine and refer pediatric patients to the base hospital
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400 medical personnel including ophthalmologists, pediatricians and general practitioners will be oriented in pediatric eye care
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10,000 schoolteachers, community volunteers and anganwadi workers will be trained to identify and refer children with ocular problems to the Little Flower Hospital
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100,000 children will be screened / examined at schools, outreach camps, vision centres and in the base hospital for eye diseases and visual impairment
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Medical treatment and / or spectacles will be prescribed / provided to 20,000 children
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1,200 pediatric eye surgeries, 25% of which will be sight restorative surgeries will be performed and
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10,000 mothers/caregivers will be educated on pediatric eye car
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100,000 persons informed through various IEC modes |
