Zhao Jia-liang
Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi. 2009 Sep;45(9):769-71.
The prevention of blindness got the great progress recent five years. However, the situation of blindness and visual impairment didn't improve radically. According to the outcomes of Second National Survey of Disabled Persons in 2006, the prevalence of the visual disabled persons was 1.53%. The total number of visual disabled persons was 20.035 millions. The leading cause of the visual disabled was cataract. The progress for eliminating cataract blindness is relatively slow. The cataract surgical rate is lower. If pay no more attention to the prevention of blindness, the goal of 'Vision 2020' may not be reached by 2020. Prevention of blindness is still a great challenge faced by Chinese ophthalmology. At present, some preparation have been made for the further activities of the prevention of blindness. The human and financial resources for the prevention of blindness are be developing. The reform of medical system in China is in favor to the activities of prevention of blindness in future. The development of the ophthalmic organizations can provide the enough professional personnel for the prevention of blindness. In the future activities of the prevention of blindness, the new mechanism is be facing to explore and construct for the persistent, efficient prevention of blindness. Recently, government launched the program 'Restore the vision for one million poor cataract blindness' is a momentous milestone affair in the prevention of blindness in China, which will promote the further activities for prevention of blindness.
近五年来，防盲工作取得了巨大进展。然而，盲和视力损伤的状况并未得到根本性改善。根据2006年第二次全国残疾人抽样调查结果，视力残疾患病率为1.53%，视力残疾总人数为2003.5万。视力残疾的主要原因是白内障。消除白内障盲的进展相对缓慢，白内障手术率较低。如果不进一步重视防盲工作，“视觉2020”目标可能无法在2020年实现。防盲工作仍是我国眼科面临的巨大挑战。目前，已为进一步开展防盲活动做了一些准备，防盲的人力和财力资源正在发展。我国医疗体制改革有利于今后的防盲工作。眼科机构的发展可为防盲工作提供足够的专业人员。在今后的防盲工作中，要探索和构建新机制，以持续、有效地开展防盲工作。最近，政府启动的“百万贫困白内障患者复明工程”是我国防盲工作中的一件大事，将推动防盲工作的进一步开展。
