Not a feature of NPCB-
Reduce backlog of cataract surgery
Strengthening of RIO
Increase community awareness
Reach out approach
Reach in approach and not reach out approach is used in NPCB NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF BLINDNESS * 100 % centrally funded scheme * Rapid Survey on Avoidable Blindness in 2006-07 showed reduction in prevalence of blindness from 1.1% (2001-02) to 1% (2006-07). * Target: 0.3% by 2020. Main causes of blindness- * Cataract (62.6%) > Refractive Error (19.70%) >Glaucoma (5.80%), Revised Strategies * Outreach activities o Shifted from eye camp approaches to fixed facilities surgical based approaches e.g. Reach In Programme o Making more comprehensive catering others cause of blindness (refractive errors and low vision, childhood blindness, corneal blindness, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy) * Services in rural/tribal and other difficult areas-Infrastructures development and appointing contractual ophthalmic manpower * Strengthening Public Private Panership
Community Ophthalmology