Abstract

India was the first country to launch the government-funded National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) in 1976. A high percentage of blind people in a country is a sign of underdeveloped socioeconomic conditions and poor access to eye care. This is because 80-90 percent of blindness can be treated or prevented. Females, rural residents, and those who underwent cataract surgery later in life had worse visual outcomes than those who did not have these risk factors (more than 70 years). According to India's National Health Policy of 1983, lowering the prevalence of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3% was a top public health priority. By the end of the tenth five-year plan, the Indian government wants blindness to be reduced to 0.8 percent and 0.5 percent by 2010. According to WHO, blindness is defined as vision loss of less than 10 degrees in the better eye with the best available correction or visual acuity of less than 3/60. To reduce the frequency of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%.

Keywords: National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB); WHO; Blindness

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Citation

Citation: Jamshed Ali., et al. “Various Action Plans and Initiative Activities of NPCB".Acta Scientific Ophthalmology 4.11 (2021): 29-34.

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