Community Eye Care Programmes refer to initiatives aimed at providing comprehensive eye care services to communities, especially in underserved areas, through a combination of outreach activities, primary eye care services, and community involvement.
NPCBVI and DBCS
2. Programmes
India was the first nation to start the National Program for Control
of Blindness in 1976 with the goal of reducing blindness to 0.3% by
2020.
1976
NPCB launched as 100% centrally
sponsored program
1994–1995
Program decentralized with formation
of District Blindness Control Society
(DBCS) in each district.
3. The 100% centrally funded NPCBVI launched in 1976 to reduce
blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%
Prevalence of blindness was 1.1% in 2001-02.
The 2006-07 NPCBVI Rapid Survey on Avoidable Blindness
reported reduction in blindness from 1.1% to 1% in 2002.
The NPCBVI Five-Year Plans aim to reduce blindness to 0.3%
by 2020.
Introduction
4. Goals &
Objectives of
NPCBVI in the
XII Plan
Based on the national visual impairment burden,
identify and treat the blind at primary, secondary,
and tertiary levels to reduce the blindness backlog.
Comprehensive eye care and quality service will
strengthen NPCBVI's "Eye Health" plan and prevent
visual impairment.
Developing Regional Institutes of Ophthalmology
(RIOs) into specialized centers.
5. Goals &
Objectives of
NPCBVI in the
XII Plan (Cont.)
Strengthening and expanding human resources and
infrastructure for high-quality comprehensive eye care in
all districts.
To raise awareness of eye care and emphasize prevention.
Expand blindness and visual impairment prevention
research.
To involve voluntary organizations/private practitioners in
eye care.
6. Strategies Emphasis on free cataract surgeries,
diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma,
corneal transplants, vitreous retinal
surgery, and childhood blindness.
Active screening of population above
50 years of age.
Screening schoolchildren for
refractory errors and treatment.
7.
8. Public-private eye care
for underserved
communities.
Health staff training.
Community IEC
activities.
Strengthening
Regional Institutes of
Ophthalmology (RIOs)
Strategies
(cont.)
9. Strategies (cont.)
Emphasis on primary eye
care.
Multipurpose District Mobile
Ophthalmic Units for better
coverage.
Participation of community
and Panchayati Raj
Institutions in organizing
services in rural areas.
Involvement of Public-
Private Partnership.
12. District
Blindness
Control
Society
Goal: “To minimize avoidable blindness using optimal
resources”.
The Program includes:
Comprehensive Eye Care
School Eye Screening
Community based Rehabilitation
19. New initiatives
of the program
Free Presbyopia spectacles.
EyeTesting Fortnight in June provides schoolchildren with glasses.
Provision of Multipurpose District Mobile Ophthalmic units
(MDMOUs) in all districts nationwide.
To encourage eye donation and improve eye banks in the future.
Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programmes must include mandatory
eye donation requests in death certificates.