Childhood blindness

2007 ◽  
pp. 65-74
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Blindness

Childhood blindness and visual impairment in the Narayani Zone of Nepal: a population-based survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Byanju ◽  
Ram Prasad Kandel ◽  
Prasanna Sharma ◽  
Hari Bahadur Thapa ◽  
Manisha Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Childhood Blindness ◽  
Population Based Survey

The Need for a Survey of Childhood Blindness in Nepal

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-189
Author(s):  
Anita Panda ◽  
Narayan Kumar ◽  
Shekhar Koirala
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Blindness

scholarly journals Correlation of Retinopathy of Prematurity with Oxygen Saturation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (06) ◽  
pp. 391-392
Author(s):  
Praveen S ◽  
Waris A
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Oxygen Saturation ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Retinopathy Of Prematurity ◽  
Oxygen Therapy ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Supplementary Oxygen ◽  
Childhood Blindness ◽  
Lower Oxygen ◽  
Proliferative Disease

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an abnormal vascular proliferative disease of retina that affects preterm infants. It is a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide despite improvement in neonatal care and management. Earlier ROP was found to be associated with oxygen therapy only. Now it was concluded that aetiology of ROP was multifactorial but three factors have shown significant association with ROP: low gestational age (GA), low birth weight (BW), prolonged exposure to supplementary oxygen following delivery. Several investigators reported that lower oxygen saturation targets at young post-gestational ages with increased oxygen saturation targets at older post gestational ages reduced the incidence of ROP. However previous clinical studies are not conclusive.

Inter‐regional trends in causes of childhood blindness and low vision in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 684-692
Author(s):  
Alex Ilechie ◽  
Seth Wanye ◽  
Carl H Abraham ◽  
Josiah B Sarpong ◽  
Emmanuel Abu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Vision ◽  
Childhood Blindness ◽  
Regional Trends

Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness and Low Vision in Kinshasa–democratic Republic of the Congo

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoy Janvier Kilangalanga ◽  
Lusambo Nadine Nsiangani ◽  
Ahuka Angele Dilu ◽  
Kapopo Astrid Moanda ◽  
Muleya Josette Ilunga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Childhood Blindness ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

scholarly journals Causes of vision impairment and assessment of need for low vision services for students of blind schools in Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Kansakar ◽  
HB Thapa ◽  
KC Salma ◽  
S Ganguly ◽  
RP Kandel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Childhood Blindness ◽  
Vision Assessment ◽  
Low Vision Rehabilitation ◽  
Vision Rehabilitation ◽  
One Year

Background: The present study is first of its kind to evaluate causes of visual impairment of blind students in Nepal and assess their need for low vision rehabilitation services. Aim: To evaluate causes of vision impairment of students enrolled in blind schools in Nepal and assess the need for low vision rehabilitation services in these students. Materials and methods: A survey was conducted in 12 blind schools in Nepal, which were registered with Nepal Association for Welfare of Blindness (NAWB).It was conducted by a team of an ophthalmologist and an optometrist, by using standard eye examination protocols of the World Health Organization Prevention of Blindness Program (WHO/ PBL). Results: Of the 345 students enrolled in 12 schools, 285 students were examined (response rate of 82.61%). The students were in the 5 - 29 years age group. Nearly three-fourth of the children had become blind within one year of age and 52.3% visually impaired at birth and 20.7% developed vision impairment within one year of age. After refraction, 26 students (9.12%) had mild visual impairment, 21 students (7.37%) had severe visual impairment and 238 students (83.51%) were blind. The main cause of vision impairment was found to be corneal 35.79% and retina diseases, mainly dystrophy, 20.35% followed by problems with the whole globe, lens and optic nerve, accounting for 13.33%, 12.63% and 12.98% respectively. The major etiological factors were those of childhood such as Vitamin A deficiency, measles and similar causes (42.11%) followed by hereditary causes (25.26%). Of the total students examined, 48.07% were visually impaired due to preventable causes and 16.14% treatable aggregating to 64.21% of avoidable blindness. Fifty seven (28.22%) students could read smaller than 2 M print size after low vision assessment for near and 33(15.78%) students benefited with telescopic trial for distance low vision. Conclusion: In Nepal, renewed focus on providing best possible quality of life for visually impaired children by proper low vision assessment and eye health education focusing on, general public and community health workers, with governmental and institutional support is required to achieve Vision 2020 objectives to decrease childhood blindness. Key words: childhood blindness, Nepal, blind school study, low vision, vision impairment    doi: 10.3126/kumj.v7i1.1764       Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2009), Vol. 7, No. 1, Issue 25, 44-49        

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