On visual impairment, India has performed well against World Health Organization (WHO) benchmarks in reducing its number of cases. In India, more than sixty million people experience some form of visual impairment and the country is home to twenty percent of the world’s blind population. However, significant progress has been made in recent years. Since …
Diabetes continues to be a disease of epidemic proportions in India, as new government figures remind us. The overall prevalence of diabetes in the country is 11.8 percent, with men and women almost equally affected. Twelve percent of men are diabetic, compared to 11.7 percent of women. The findings come from the National Diabetes and …
Andhra Pradesh commemorated World Sight Day with the launch of a Rs 560.88 crore scheme providing free eye care. One in five Indians miss out on eye health checkups, making such initiatives a boon to the citizens’ sight. Chief Minister Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy launched the initiative, entitled ‘YSR Kanti Velugu’, at the Anantapuram Junior …
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Just one in five Indians receive regular eye checkups according to new research, which also reveals that many do not follow their doctors’ advice about looking after their eyes despite their eye health being important to them. India is home to more than sixty million people affected by some form of visual impairment. Despite this, …
Globally, 2.2 billion people are affected by poor eye health – and one billion of these cases could have been prevented. This is according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released in advance of World Sight Day, observed today. The observance offers an opportunity for India to take note of its own visually impaired …
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A new device could lead to improved outcomes for people with dry eye disease, a condition with a significant footprint in India. Dry eye disease is a condition which, in its severest form, can lead to blindness. It is typically the result of dysfunctional tear-producing glands, which leaves no lubricated or moist layer covering the …
In a hospital in Bengaluru, cases of a serious eye disease have increased by twenty percent in the last year. Keratoconus is an illness which causes the cornea to thin over time, usually affecting both eyes and causing a range of complications such as blurred vision and sensitivity to light. In the 2017-18 period, Dr …
Eye disease on the rise in Bengaluru. Is pollution to blame? Read More »
Indian scientists have developed a new approach to identifying retinal disease, with potential for diagnosing the condition earlier and preventing blindness. The study took place entirely in India in three institutes: the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research , Kolkata, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Visakhapatnam. The peer …
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