![]() ![]() An additional 1 billion people live with eye health conditions that need on-going access to services to optimize their vision and maintain their ability to function in society.īy 2050 more than half the global population is going to need ongoing, regular access to eye care services to maintain their eye health. The number of people with vision loss will rise from 1.1 billion to 1.7 billion people, mainly due to population growth and population ageing. 73% of people with vision loss are over 50 years old and 55% of people with vision loss are women. Likewise, over 90% of those with vision loss live in low- and middle income countries. Recently the Vision Loss Expert Group (VLEG) has come up with the estimates on the magnitude and projections of vision loss and its key messages that is 1.1 billion have vision loss primarily because they do not have access to eye care services. Vision impairment is a global public health problem that needs urgent attention. The majority of the eye surgeries comprised of cataract (101,921 -61%) Able to provide surgical services 166,492 people (including 6,554 surgeries in camps).Able to provide eye care services to 585,590 people through different community outreach programs. ![]() ![]() The subspecialty eye care services were delivered to 29,024 patients. ![]() A total of 55,536 (29,128 men and 26,408 women) people services wereĬovered through national health insurance scheme.
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