Dandona L, Gilbert C E, Rahi J S, Rao G N
Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 1998 Jun;46(2):117-22.
Reduction of blindness in children assumes particular significance since a blind child suffers from more blind-years than a blind adult. Estimates of the number of children blind in India and the causes of blindness are relatively crude as there are little reliable epidemiologic data. As a result of this, there is no organised approach to the control of childhood blindness in India. In order to address this issue, a workshop on childhood blindness was held at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad in November 1996. The aim of this workshop was to review available data, consider possible strategies, and make recommendations concerning the control of childhood blindness in India. These recommendations along with background information about childhood blindness are presented in this paper.
减少儿童失明问题具有特别重要的意义，因为失明儿童的失明年数比失明成人更多。由于可靠的流行病学数据很少，印度儿童失明人数及其失明原因的估计相对粗略。因此，印度没有有组织的方法来控制儿童失明。为了解决这个问题，1996年11月在海得拉巴的L.V.普拉萨德眼科研究所举办了一次关于儿童失明的研讨会。本次研讨会的目的是审查现有数据，考虑可能的策略，并就印度儿童失明的控制提出建议。本文介绍了这些建议以及有关儿童失明的背景信息。
