PEDIATRIC LOW VISION SCREENING 2023 – 2024

Community Based Health Services for Vulnerable Children

ICPH in Partnership with Aravind Eye Hospital

PEDIATRIC LOW VISION SCREENING 2023 – 202

A joint initiative of two committed partners ICPH & Aravind Eye Hospital with the following goals:

• To bring high quality pediatric ophthalmic care to 10000 children in vulnerable communities
• During COVID 19 because of the increased screen exposure and associated side effects, to bring to children practical ways to ensure eye care and hygiene
• To identify vulnerable children with refractive errors
• For children requiring correction, follow-up care and provision of spectacles

Refractive errors in children should we correct it, or ignore it?

• An eye check up has to be done ideally once in 6 months or at least once in a year

• Children found with symptoms of refractive errors should be brought to an ophthalmologist.

• For children with refractive errors ,correction using spectacles is the best option

• Parents should encourage children with refractive errors to wear glasses

• Failure to correct refractive error leads to decreased vision and poor academic performance.
Source: Aravind Eye Hospital

ICPH – Aravind Eye Hospital Outreach in 2022-2023: 11761 children screened from 32 ICPH’s partners schools

Handout: LOW-VISION-HANDOUT-V3.pdf

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