Chaudhary Santosh, Lavaju Poonam, Shrestha Bhuwan Govinda, Shah Sangeeta, Chaudhary Sanjib Kumar
Nepal J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul;9(18):143-148. doi: 10.3126/nepjoph.v9i2.19258.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness by the year 2020 (Thylefors et al., 1995) has prioritized the control of childhood blindness. Currently cataract remains one of the most important causes of treatable blindness in children (Giles et al., 2016). In Nepal, as in other developing countries, cataract is believed to be a leading cause of blindness in children. According to The Nepal Blindness Survey from 1978 to 1980, congenital cataract accounted for 16.3% of blindness detected in children under the age of 15 years (Brilliant et al., 1985). Epidemiology of Blindness in Nepal 2012 survey has suggested that the prevalence of childhood blindness has reduced from 0.68% in 1981 to 0.4% in 2011 (Sapkota, 2012).
世界卫生组织（WHO）于1995年发起的到2020年消除可避免盲症的全球倡议（Thylefors等人，1995年）将儿童盲症的控制列为优先事项。目前，白内障仍然是儿童可治疗性盲症的最重要原因之一（Giles等人，2016年）。与其他发展中国家一样，在尼泊尔，白内障被认为是儿童失明的主要原因。根据1978年至1980年的尼泊尔盲症调查，先天性白内障占15岁以下儿童失明病例的16.3%（Brilliant等人，1985年）。《2012年尼泊尔盲症流行病学调查》表明，儿童失明患病率已从1981年的0.68%降至2011年的0.4%（Sapkota，2012年）。
