Our Mission A Year of Loss & Renewal Performance Community Outreach DR Initiatives Education & Training CMEs & Publications LAICO Managed Eye Hospitals IT and Systems HR Development AMRF Aravind Eye Banks Aurolab Accolades Partners in Service Trustees and Staff	Community Outreach Community Outreach is an integral part of Aravind’s efforts to eliminate needless blindness. Over 40% of the patients who undergo surgery at Aravind Eye Hospitals come through active outreach into the communities. The year 2006-2007 witnessed a boost in Community Outreach activities that included opening of two more Vision Centres and two more Community Eye Clinics by Aravind Eye Care System in Tamil Nadu and the Women’s Self Help Group workers (SHGs) in the field of eye care service through out the state. New Vision Centres and Community Eye Clinics At the Aundipatti Vision centre: Direct Consultancy with the Ophthalmologist through wireless networking As a further step to increase uptake of eye care services in rural and remote areas Aravind is adapting the Comprehensive Primary Eye Care through Vision Centres and Community Eye Clinics approach for the past three years. In 2006, two more vision centres were established in Chinnamanur and Periyakulam, bringing the total number to five. Community Eye Clinics were inaugurated in Tuticorin and Tirupur, bringing the total to four. Comprehensive Eye camps In 2006-2007 a total of 1793 comprehensive eye camps were conducted, screening 505,621 persons, of whom 112,825 underwent surgery. Apart from the comprehensive eye camps, speciality camps for specific patient groups were also conducted. Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Screening Camps From January 2006 to March 2007, through the DR camps 109,322 persons were screened, 24,321 identified as having diabetes and 4,304 afflicted with DR. Eye Screening Camps for School Children From January 2006 to March 2007, free eye examination was done to school children in 94 schools. Across the five Aravind Eye Hospitals, a total of 118,912 children were examined of which 8,068 were identified with eye disorders and advised further investigation and treatment. Refraction Camps These are specially conducted for industrial workers. In 2006-07 a total of 162 camps were conducted where 34,794 employees were screened and 9,727 were found to have refractive errors and prescribed glasses. Training Programmes in Eye Care for School Teachers In 2006-07 a total of 366 teachers were trained in identifying refractive errors, low vision and squint across all Aravind Eye Hospitals. for Self Help Group (SHG) workers Dr. Natchiar with the SHG workers As one more strategy to take eye care to the rural population, Aravind Eye Hospitals offered training to identify common ocular defects and visual impairments in the rural population for referring to eye hospitals to the SHG workers of Hindustan Lever Limited. Since 2006 until now 171 SHG workers have received this training at Aravind Eye Hospital at Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli and Theni. Special Cataract Surgery drive in Tripura State The Aravind team at the special cataract surgery drive in Tripura In continuation of the special project to clear the backlog of blindness in the North Eastern States, the third phase of the project was implemented in Tripura in October, 2006. A medical team from Aravind went to the state of Tripura and performed 560 cataract surgeries at 4 centres. A total of 1527 such surgeries have been performed in all the three phases. Top
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