community optometry

1. Sankara academy of vision ludhiana
Assignment of community optometry
Assignment topic:School Eye Screening,Telemedicine,Nutritional Blindness
Submitted to: Mrs. Renu thakur
Professor, SAV
Submitted by: Mr Krishna kumar gupta(1740991427)
School Eye Screening and the National Program
for Control of Blindness
 Childhood blindness and visual impairment are as important and perhaps more
devastating and disabling than adult onset blindness, because of the long span
of life still remaining to be lived.
 School-age children constitute a particularly vulnerable group where uncorrected refractive
errors may have a dramatic impact on learning capability and educational potential
 School Eye Screening (SES) program became the integral part of the NPCB since 1994 after
successful implementation at the five pilot districts
 SES program
 identification of schools
 collection of information on number of students and teachers
 screening and referral centres
 training of school teachers
 training of general health care personnel
 confirmation of suspect students by ophthalmic assistant/ ophthalmologist
 prescription of glasses
 provision of free glasses to students from poor socioeconomic strata.
Telemedicine
According to WHO“The delivery of health care services, where distance is a critical factor, by all health
care professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid
information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation,
and for the continuing education of health care providers, all in the interests of advancing the health
of individuals and their communities”
1. Its purpose is to provide clinical support.
2. It is intended to overcome geographical barriers, connecting users who are not in
the same physical location.
3. It involves the use of various types of ICT.
4. Its goal is to improve health outcomes.

2. Nutritional Blindness (Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders)
 Nutritional blindness is a term used to describe xerophthalmia and keratomalacia, or corneal
necrosis, caused by vitamin A deficiency.
 According to estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO), nutritional blindness remains
the leading single cause of blindness among children worldwide
 Young children and women of reproductive age are at the highest risk of vitamin A deficiency,
and programs are currently focused on reaching these two high risk groups.
 The elimination of vitamin A deficiency in developing countries is one of the major challenges in
public health and ophthalmology, as the blindness, morbidity, and mortality from the vitamin A
deficiency disorders are largely preventable.