basic low vision service基本的低视力服务

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1、BASICLOWVISIONSERVICENEWOPPORTUNITYOFSERVICEUNDERAVOIDABLEBLINDNESSINITIATIVEPresentationonAdaptabletechnologyfor“Lowvisiondevices”byRtn.RameshSatheDistrict-3130Humanbrainisequippedwith5SENSESWEAREVISUALLYORIENTEDFROMBIRTHVerbalmessagesare,receivedquickly,moreclearlyun

2、derstoodandretainedlongeriftheyaresupportedbyvisualexample.SOPOWERFULISTHESENSEOFVISION,BUTMILLIONSOFPEOPLESUFFERFROMVISUALDISABILITIESANDUNABLETOPERFORMDAILYACTIVITIES.BLINDNESS-ThreemajorquestionsWHATisthemagnitudeoftheproblem?WHYpreventblindness?HOWwecanprevent?VISION

3、2020:RIGHTTOSIGHT(17THFebruary1999)InordertodrasticallyreducetheglobalburdenofblindnessWHOandbroadcoalitionofINGOandprivateorganisationslaunchedglobalinitiative“RIGHTTOSIGHTVISION-2020”Theobjectiveistoeliminateavoidableblindnessby2020.Maincausesofblindnessfirstphaseofv

4、ision2020Cataract-Cloudingofcrystallinelens.Trachoma-iscommoninareasoftheworldthataresocio-economicallydeprivedofbasicneeds.Onchocerciasis(Riverblindness)Childhoodblindness.REFRACTIVEERRORSANDLOWVISIONINDIAIN2001HASSTATISTICALLLYSPEAKING40MILLIONBLINDPEOPLEALLARENOTTOTAL

5、LYBLIND...!AFACTNOTVERYCOMMONLYREALISEDBECAUSEBETWEENTOTALBLINDNESSANDNORMALVISIONTHEREEXISTSLARGEGREYAREAOF“LOWVISION”…...Itisestimatedthat28millionpeopleareinneedoflowvisioncareinIndia.IfAppropriateLVDeviceisGivenThesepeoplecancarryoutessentialactivitiesrequiredindayto

6、daylifeAglobalestimateofLVcare148millionVisuallyImpaired(Blind+LV)8millionblindwithoutperceptionoflight140Partiallysightedoutofthis105millioninneedofcataractsurgeryandorroutinerefraction.35millioninneedofLowvisionCare.Whatis“LowVisionService?”Whenconventionaleyeglassesca

7、nnolongerhelpandsurgeryorothertreatmentnotappropriate-Thenitistimetoconsider“LOWVISIONDEVICES”TherearemanytypesofLVdevicesbuteasyavailability,affordablecostandtrainingfacilitiesarenotavailableindevelopingcountriesChallengingfieldIthoughtthisisanewopportunityofservicetoal

8、otofpoorandneedypeopleiftheLVdevicescouldbemadeavailableat……..AFFORDABLEANDREASONABLYLOWPRICE…....Amust