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Avoidable blindnessHimalayan Cataract ProjectGlaucomaSurgeriesSeva FoundationTrachomaRefractive errorCause of blindnessPreventableSurgeryWorld's2020IndiaPreventionSurgicalPrevalenceEyesightNepalComplicationsSecretariatSurgeonsTreatmentInfectionsProgrammeVisualServicesSightVisionAffordableGlobalMillionsPeopleControlHalfPatientsContinuouslyCureLeadClinicalPlanYearsImpactCountriesGoodCityScientificAdditional
Avoidable blindness9
  • Seva joins VISION 2020, a global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). (seva.ca)
  • In pursuance of the resolution on Vision 2020: The Right to Sight - elimination of avoidable blindness, adopted by the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean,1 an overview of the global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness is provided below. (who.int)
  • Among these are the demographic changes that have swelled the numbers of the elderly in communities, gender inequity, with a disproportionate number of women suffering from avoidable blindness, the relatively low output from existing services (i.e. few people operated and cured), and the inadequacy of resources. (who.int)
  • Periodic review of the resulting data will show changes in magnitude of avoidable blindness and the impact of the activities in countries. (who.int)
  • The Right to Sight global initiative emphasized the key role that eye care human resources play in reducing avoidable blindness, both at a national and global level.1 In a short period, Nepal has achieved remarkable progress in reducing avoidable blindness and developing a formidable eye care workforce. (eyehealthnepal.com)
  • The survey helped in formulating a national plan for the development of eye care services and reduction of avoidable blindness. (eyehealthnepal.com)
  • Together we can end avoidable blindness in Guatemala. (seva.org)
  • At Seva, we invest in a suite of cutting-edge and revolutionary technologies to create a world free of avoidable blindness. (seva.org)
  • It takes a village to end avoidable blindness. (seva.org)
Himalayan Cataract Project2
  • Through a partnership with the Carl Zeiss Meditec and the Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP), the ASCRS Foundation's Master Trainer Program arranges for equipment to be placed it where it can deliver the greatest benefit. (ascrs.org)
  • Dr. Sanduk Ruit and Dr. Geoff Tabin started the Himalayan Cataract Project to aid people in impoverished countries with a procedure that can be performed over an average commercial break. (cracked.com)
Glaucoma7
  • Because of this difficulty in early diagnosis, glaucoma remains as one of the leading causes of blindness and visual impairments in the world 2 . (nature.com)
  • Based in San Francisco, we fund glaucoma research world-wide. (geometry.net)
  • The doctors at Glaucoma Associates of Texas (GAT) are ophthalmologists specializing in the medical, laser, and surgical treatment of glaucoma and cataracts. (cureglaucoma.org)
  • With early diagnosis and appropriate therapy, glaucoma rarely leads to blindness. (cureglaucoma.org)
  • This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others. (bs.it)
  • Visual impairment is common, affecting between 2.8% and 10% of patients, 1 - 3 and may result directly from damage to uveal tract structures, or may occur due to secondary effects on neighboring tissues: for example, accelerated cataract formation, glaucoma, and macular edema. (dovepress.com)
  • Since 1978, Glaucoma Research Foundation has invested $50 million to advance knowledge through innovative research. (glaucoma.org)
Surgeries4
  • Since 1978, Seva has provided surgeries, eyeglasses, medicine, and other vital eye care services to over 46 million people in more than 20 countries, with a focus on women, children, and indigenous populations, including Native Americans in the U.S. (instawp.xyz)
  • About 1000 cataract surgeries were performed every year as people would often travel to India for cataract surgeries. (eyehealthnepal.com)
  • He began supporting the initiative to perform cataract surgeries and to counter trachoma, a widespread but easily preventable condition that can lead to blindness if not caught early on. (alberta.ca)
  • Mr. Ram Prasad Kandel talking with patients after their cataract surgeries. (seva.org)
Seva Foundation1
  • Seva Foundation, the Grand Prize Winner of this year's Holiday Impact Prize , is transforming people's lives for as little as $50 per cataract surgery. (seva.org)
Trachoma1
Refractive error1
  • Ocular processes (eg, refractive error, strabismus, cataract) that interfere with or inhibit the development of the visual pathways may result in amblyopia [ 1,2 ]. (medilib.ir)
Cause of blindness3
  • Every day of research, each new insight shared, brings us closer to the cure for a leading cause of blindness. (geometry.net)
  • It usually affects both eyes, and it is the leading cause of blindness in the world. (geometry.net)
  • Uveitis, a significant cause of blindness worldwide, is a term applied to a wide range of conditions that are characterized by intraocular inflammation. (dovepress.com)
Preventable3
  • Its goal is the elimination of all preventable and treatable blindness by the year 2020. (who.int)
  • The specific interventions chosen for attention are for the main causes of preventable and/or treatable blindness and visual impairment worldwide for which time-tested, safe, efficacious and cost- effective interventions and technologies are already available. (who.int)
  • Affordable treatments exist for cataracts and other causes of preventable blindness. (seva.org)
Surgery7
  • Dr. Marty Spencer teaches manual sutureless cataract surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital in India. (seva.ca)
  • 10. Cataract still causes an estimated 50% of all blindness, despite the availability of low-cost surgery that can restore vision. (who.int)
  • Seva has reduced its average program cost of cataract surgery to just $50-including both materials and surgical staff required. (instawp.xyz)
  • Equipment, including the lack of available operating microscopes, is one of the greatest barriers to expanding the availability of cataract surgery in Ethiopia. (ascrs.org)
  • The focus is on high-volume, manual small-incision cataract surgery, which enables more patients to be effectively treated at lower-cost without the risks associated with phaco surgery. (ascrs.org)
  • Dr. Hannush's areas of interest are full and partial thickness corneal transplantation (endothelial and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty), permanent keratoprosthesis surgery (artificial cornea), complex cataract and anterior segment reconstructive procedures, and laser vision correction. (sicsso.org)
  • For the past twenty-five years Dr. Hannush has been chosen to teach at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the European Society of Corneal and Ocular Surface Surgeons, and the European Society or Cataract and Refractive Surgeons annual meetings on the subjects of corneal transplantation, keratoprosthesis surgery, intraocular lens management and laser vision correction involving top national and international experts in these fields. (sicsso.org)
World's2
  • Seva conducts the world's first nationwide, population-based study of the causes and distribution of blindness in Nepal. (seva.ca)
  • More than half the world's blindness is caused by cataracts, a condition that can be reversed through a simple 15-minute procedure. (instawp.xyz)
20201
  • Although over 100 countries have already started national-level Vision 2020 related projects and activities, many countries do not yet have a national plan for blindness prevention in place. (who.int)
India3
  • After working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to end smallpox in India, Dr. Larry Brilliant and his wife Girija Brilliant, a public health specialist, publish Death of a Killer Disease . (seva.ca)
  • Meanwhile, Aravind Eye Hospital in India inaugurates the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO), Asia's first international training facility for blindness prevention workers from India and around the globe. (seva.ca)
  • This is a prospective, double masked, placebo control trial to determine the potential of oral antioxidant supplementation to retard the progression of cataracts in South India for a sample of 800 subjects. (aravind.org)
Prevention5
  • Conversely, the prevention and cure of blindness through equitable access to appropriate care can produce enormous savings for countries and support development in many ways. (who.int)
  • A combination of economic recession and new, competing demands for limited health resources have to date actually reduced the funds available for blindness prevention. (who.int)
  • Although WHO provided support for prevention of blindness almost since its inception, from 1978 on it has formally offered technical support to country activities aimed at the prevention and control of four main causes of blindness and visual impairment. (who.int)
  • The Initiative is a partnership between WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and its national and international members. (who.int)
  • Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. (who.int)
Surgical2
  • This surgical technique soon becomes taught around the world. (seva.ca)
  • The Foundation considers this model, involving a country-wide coordinated training program coupled with the proper equipment to support more rural outreach, to be the best approach for increasing the availability of high-volume surgical cataract care in the developing world. (ascrs.org)
Prevalence3
Eyesight1
  • In case eyesight is becoming worse and worse due to clouding of the lens - cataracts - and vision is restricted, the clouded lens can be removed by means of an outpatient procedure at the Marienplatz Eye Day Clinic in Munich, if the patient desires a better vision. (primomedico.com)
Nepal4
  • The city is considered the gateway to the Nepal Himalayas and is home to several World Heritage Sites: the Durbar Square, Swayambhu Mahachaitya, Bouddha and Pashupatinath. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kathmandu valley is growing at 4 per cent per year according to the World Bank in 2010, making it one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in South Asia, and the first region in Nepal to face the unprecedented challenges of rapid urbanization and modernization at a metropolitan scale. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1978, nine enterprising and passionate individuals, comprising of social workers, ophthalmologists, industrialists and traders started the Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS) . (eyehealthnepal.com)
  • Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the WHO sponsored Evaluation of the Cataract Services in Nepal. (aravind.org)
Complications1
  • See "Refractive errors in children" and "Amblyopia in children: Classification, screening, and evaluation", section on 'Definition' and "Evaluation and management of strabismus in children", section on 'Complications' and "Cataract in children", section on 'Complications' . (medilib.ir)
Secretariat1
  • The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (inchem.org)
Surgeons3
  • The ASCRS Foundation seeks to address not just individual cases of cataract blindness, but rather to fight its root cause: the shortage of eye surgeons in the developing world. (ascrs.org)
  • To solve the problem of increasing cataract blindness worldwide, the ASCRS Foundation knows we need to address its root cause - the shortage of eye surgeons. (ascrs.org)
  • ACE Global is an Ophthalmologist-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching and training the next generation of surgeons in low and middle-income countries with the aim of equipping them with the skills and capacity needed to establish productive practice environments that will work towards curing the blindness epidemic in their communities. (ascrs.org)
Treatment4
  • Seva conducts research in Africa with the founders of KCCO that identifies the gender inequity in the treatment of blindness. (seva.ca)
  • Through our partnership organizations, we're working in multiple countries to effect a lasting change in the treatment of global cataract blindness. (ascrs.org)
  • According to doctors, 80% of blindness can be cured through proper treatment. (essencz.com)
  • In 1978 he predicted that equal treatment of homosexuality and heterosexuality would strongly favor growing homosexuality and shrinking heterosexuality. (renewamerica.com)
Infections1
  • This leaves many blindness-causing infections, including CMV retinitis - commonly found in those living with HIV - to go undiagnosed. (seva.org)
Programme3
  • INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY ENVIRONMENT HEALTH CRITERIA 23 LASERS AND OPTICAL RADIATION This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, or the World Health Organization. (inchem.org)
  • Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the International Radiation Protection Association World Health Orgnization Geneva, 1982 ISBN 92 4 154083 4 The World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. (inchem.org)
  • national programme for control of blindness (n.P.C.B.) of the constitution of the technical advisory committee. (drpshardia.com)
Visual2
  • 90% of those affected by blindness and visual impairment, with profound human and socioeconomic consequences. (who.int)
  • This condition is called blindness - the inability to perceive visual stimuli due to pathological disorders in the eye itself, in the optic nerves or in the brain. (habr.com)
Services1
  • The pawn shop has provided quality, trustworthy pawn services since 1978. (randjjewelry.com)
Sight3
  • The World Health Organization has stated that restoring sight is one of the most cost-effective interventions to reduce poverty. (instawp.xyz)
  • Celebrate World Sight Day on October 12 and have your donation matched! (seva.org)
  • So what do we have today and can the dream to see the world come true after it has lost sight? (habr.com)
Vision4
  • In addition to state-of-the-art operating rooms with antibacterial air filtration, very latest laser models (SmartSurf/Femtolaser) are available to correct defective vision and cataracts, as well as numerous newly developed diagnostic options. (primomedico.com)
  • Eye problems that are not detected and treated in the first few months (eg, cataracts, pronounced ptosis) or years (asymmetric refractive errors) of life can lead to irreversible vision loss [ 1,2 ]. (medilib.ir)
  • In 1972, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the following definition: a person is considered blind if the sharpness of central vision under conditions of maximum correction does not exceed 3/60. (habr.com)
  • Media, particularly movies, plays a large role in helping to normalize people with disabilities, including people with vision loss and blindness. (myvision.org)
Affordable1
  • Without equitable access to quality, affordable eye-care, people in many remote parts of the world remain blinded by cataracts. (who.int)
Global1
Millions1
  • Millions of people around the world suffer from cataracts, which is what happens when the proteins in the lens of your eye break down, causing everything to look like an '80s rock concert whose budget was primarily invested in smoke machines. (cracked.com)
People1
  • Seva has done an incredible job all over the world helping people who really need it. (seva.org)
Control1
  • Ombudsman-type institutions existed in Ancient Rome (which had the Tribuni Plebis), in China (in the form of the Control Yuan) and in the Muslim world (called the Wafiqi Mohtasib). (racismnoway.com.au)
Half2
  • Half of blindness is caused by cataracts that you can easily fix for only $50 . (seva.org)
  • Vistaro is cost-effective, portable, and durable - it could help reduce AIDS-related blindness by half! (seva.org)
Patients1
  • This study evaluated alternate strategies to motivate patients with operable cataract. (aravind.org)
Continuously2
  • The city is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world, founded in the 2nd century AD. (wikipedia.org)
  • His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1978. (researchandmarkets.com)
Cure1
  • Granted, Corn Nuts are delicious, but you've really got to go with the cure for blindness on this one. (cracked.com)
Lead1
Clinical1
  • Dr. Colby lectures around the world on numerous corneal and clinical research topics. (sicsso.org)
Plan1
  • Seva endorses a plan to take their high-volume, high-quality, sustainable eye care approach into new regions of the world. (seva.ca)
Years3
  • For 40 years Seva has made an extraordinary contribution to the world - not only through their international programs, but here in some of the most impoverished communities in North America, on Native American reservations. (seva.org)
  • Join us on a fascinating journey through the last 72 years to discover how Israel has become one of the most creative and innovative countries in the world. (israel21c.org)
  • It has existed for hundreds of years and still occurs naturally in both animals and humans in many parts of the world, including Asia, southern Europe, sub-Sahelian Africa and parts of Australia. (who.int)
Impact1
  • The impact of lost productivity due to blindness as well as the direct costs of education and rehabilitation has a significant effect on families, communities and nations, particularly those least able to afford such losses. (who.int)
Countries3
  • After retiring from the oil and gas business, Colin had an opportunity to travel overseas with an organization that provided bed kits for children in third world countries. (alberta.ca)
  • In modern times, and particularly since the 1960s, many countries around the world have adopted Ombudsman-type bodies as a central democratic institution. (racismnoway.com.au)
  • In 2015, it was announced that the countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Region of the Americas had eliminated endemic transmission of rubella and CRS. (who.int)
Good2
  • The truth is that for all the terrible things going on in the world, there are good things too. (cracked.com)
  • Designer bags are a coveted item in the world of fashion, and for good reason. (randjjewelry.com)
City1
  • A subsequent transfer to the company's Calgary offices in 1978 introduced Colin to the city and province that he would soon be proud to call his permanent home. (alberta.ca)
Scientific1
  • Editor's Choice articles are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world. (mdpi.com)
Additional1
  • additional World Odyssey - Bravenet BlogUsually I are this aid in transition eu development for building reactions but two laboratories intensely I sent measurement right primary which I do is more than 140 measurements and a necessary contracts on Immune tissues. (plywoodskyscraper.com)