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Loss of sight can be the greatest tragedy next to death, yet hundreds of thousands of people in India are suffering from blindness. Participation by the public is the urgent cry in this mission of restoring vision.
- Dr.G.Venkataswamy
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An integral part of Aravind is its community outreach programmes like screening eye camps, school eye health programme, village volunteer programme all of which provide different strategies for taking eye care service to the doorstep of the community. They provide curative, preventive and rehabilitative care to the community along with IEC (information, education & communication) programmes to improve service delivery to potential patients in the community.
Screening Eye Camps
Through free eye camps, medical teams from each hospital reach patients in rural areas. The teams work closely with local community leaders and service groups to organise the camps.
Eye camps are conducted every day of the week. During the year 2006, a total of 1,793 camps were conducted, at which 2,313,398 patients were examined and 270,444 site restoration surgeries have been performed.
The medical team is also involved in educating the local community in the maintenance of proper eye care. Towards this end, the staff is currently implementing several comprehensive eye care projects. These projects include screening for diabetes-related eye disorders, eye screening at schools and treatment of children suffering from refractive errors, strabismus and Vitamin A deficiency. By bringing eye care services directly to the community, Aravind makes a significant contribution towards reducing needless blindness.
Apart from screening camps, other outreach activities include:
- Community-Based Comprehensive Rehabilitation Programme
- School Children Screening
- Village Volunteers Programme
- Refraction Camps
- Diabetic Retinopathy detection and awareness camps.
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