Jose R, Sachdeva Sandeep
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2009 Mar;46(3):205-8.
Childhood blindness and visual impairment are as important and perhaps more devastating and disabling than adult onset blindness, because of the long span of life still remaining to be lived. Refractive errors and more particularly myopia, place a substantial burden on the individual and society. School-age children constitute a particularly vulnerable group where uncorrected refractive errors may have a dramatic impact on learning capability and educational potential. This article provides an overview of school eye screening from the perspective of National Program for Control of Blindness (NPCB), Government of India; and challenges, future directions and thrust area envisaged under the program for amelioration of childhood blindness.
儿童失明和视力损伤与成人期失明同样重要，甚至可能更具毁灭性和致残性，因为儿童仍有很长的人生道路要走。屈光不正，尤其是近视，给个人和社会带来了沉重负担。学龄儿童是特别脆弱的群体，未矫正的屈光不正可能对其学习能力和教育潜力产生巨大影响。本文从印度政府国家防盲计划（NPCB）的角度概述了学校眼筛查；以及该计划为改善儿童失明状况所设想的挑战、未来方向和重点领域。
