Imagining eye care in India (2018 Lalit Prakash Agarwal lecture)
India has done well in eye care delivery by recognizing visual impairment and blindness as a major medical challenge. Major contributions have come from ophthalmologists (mass cataract surgery in the early 1900s; major participation of non-government organizations), policy makers (National Program f...
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| description | India has done well in eye care delivery by recognizing visual impairment and blindness as a major medical challenge. Major contributions have come from ophthalmologists (mass cataract surgery in the early 1900s; major participation of non-government organizations), policy makers (National Program for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment 1976; systematic development under the World Bank assisted India Cataract Project, 1995–2002), and the industry (manufacturing of affordable surgical instruments and medicines). Although the country could boast of higher cataract surgical coverage and near-total elimination of trachoma, there is increasing prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and undetected glaucoma. India is in the crossroad of adherence to old successful models of service delivery and adoption of new innovative methods of teaching and training, manpower development and skill-based training, relevant medical research and product development. In the absence of these new approaches, the initial gains in eye care could not be furthered in India. A new approach, that will combine the best of the “old” tradition of empathy and the “new” technology of analytics, is required to imagine the future of eye care in India. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42e8465a25f342b5852e267b9540e0ee2022-12-21T18:41:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892018-01-0166111532153810.4103/ijo.IJO_872_18Imagining eye care in India (2018 Lalit Prakash Agarwal lecture)Taraprasad DasLapam PandaIndia has done well in eye care delivery by recognizing visual impairment and blindness as a major medical challenge. Major contributions have come from ophthalmologists (mass cataract surgery in the early 1900s; major participation of non-government organizations), policy makers (National Program for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment 1976; systematic development under the World Bank assisted India Cataract Project, 1995–2002), and the industry (manufacturing of affordable surgical instruments and medicines). Although the country could boast of higher cataract surgical coverage and near-total elimination of trachoma, there is increasing prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and undetected glaucoma. India is in the crossroad of adherence to old successful models of service delivery and adoption of new innovative methods of teaching and training, manpower development and skill-based training, relevant medical research and product development. In the absence of these new approaches, the initial gains in eye care could not be furthered in India. A new approach, that will combine the best of the “old” tradition of empathy and the “new” technology of analytics, is required to imagine the future of eye care in India.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=11;spage=1532;epage=1538;aulast=DasEye careIndiaplanning |
| spellingShingle | Taraprasad Das Lapam Panda Imagining eye care in India (2018 Lalit Prakash Agarwal lecture) Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Eye care India planning |
| title | Imagining eye care in India (2018 Lalit Prakash Agarwal lecture) |
| title_full | Imagining eye care in India (2018 Lalit Prakash Agarwal lecture) |
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| title_short | Imagining eye care in India (2018 Lalit Prakash Agarwal lecture) |
| title_sort | imagining eye care in india 2018 lalit prakash agarwal lecture |
| topic | Eye care India planning |
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