Article: Childhood blindness in India and Sri Lanka.(Community Eye Care)

Article: Planning to reduce childhood blindness in ...
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 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 ... concerning the control of childhood blindness in India. These recommendations ...

Article: Childhood blindness patterns are changing worldwide
Ophthalmology Times;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... FRCOphth Chicago-The patterns of childhood blindness and visual impairment have been ... Gilbert described the shifts in childhood blindness patterns resulting from the "nurture ... contribute to the high prevalence of childhood blindness. Rates of blindness The rates of ...

Article: 'AWARENESS CRUCIAL IN CONTAINING CHILDHOOD ...
The Hindustan Times;  May 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Ninety per cent of all cases of childhood blindness occur in the developing countries ... present at the 'Awareness Meeting on Childhood Blindness and Vision Screening Programme ... grassroots to contain the menace of childhood blindness that is widely prevalent in the ...

Article: Seva Foundation Launches Worldwide Campaign to Eradicate ...
Business Wire;  July 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... chair for Development of Seva's Childhood Blindness Prevention Initiative, has launched ... blindness to put an end to needless childhood blindness." Seva Foundation, working in ... worldwide devastating problem of childhood blindness. More information about the Seva ...

Article: Georgia scientists develop peanut butter to fight ...
AP Worldstream;  April 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... A deficiency, a major cause of childhood blindness. Decades later, she and other ... curb more than 500,000 cases of childhood blindness around the world each year. Resurreccion ... peanut-flavored meat on a skewer. Childhood blindness is not a serious problem in the ...

Article: Lions Clubs International to Launch Largest Global Program to ...
PR Newswire;  October 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... half of the conditions leading to childhood blindness can be prevented or treated, especially ... III will announce the grant and childhood-blindness prevention program at a press conference ... guarantee a better chance at life." "Childhood blindness is often an avoidable tragedy ...

Article: Childhood blindness becomes major challenge for ...
Xinhua News Agency;  October 14, 2004 ;     528 words ...Childhood blindness becomes major challenge for Uganda: NGO KAMPALA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Childhood blindness is a major challenge for a developing nation like Uganda that lacks the necessary infrastructure to provide a safe and satisfactory ...