Low Vision

The LVA department at H. V Desai Eye Hospital, Pune provide low vison services at primary, secondary and trtiary levels.
Community workers, at the grass root screen patients, who arein need of LVA and refer them to the base hospital where an expert team to the base hospital where an expert team of doctors and optometertists examine the patients and provide them the needful services.
the lva clinic is fully equipped with state of art faclitities
According to the WHO, there are an estimated 180 million visually impaired go people worldwide (approx. 3% of population) . 40-45 million 'functionally blind f (less than 20/400 in better eye); 110 million with low vision (20/200-20/400 / 7 in better Seeing Eye) .
j It is generally recognized that the problem of low vision is significant and is rapidly increasing. A recent population based study has shown the prevalence of low vision to be 1.05% in India. Surveys in school for the blind in India have shown that 50% of the children enrolled have low vision and are not blind.
Reports indicate that only 3% of all blind and low vision children in developing countries have access to basic low vision care.
Right to Sight has provided a new impetus to the concept of comprehensive eye care encompassing eye health promotion and prevention of blindness, treatment of eye disease and rehabilitation services for people with incurable eye conditions. The hitherto under-developed component of flow vision', along with services for refractive errors, has been identified as a priority area for intervention. Low vision care . provides assistance to those who have some remaining vision, through use of low Mission devices, training in the effective use of residual vision and advice on environment. It also links eye care with education and rehabilitation services to ensure a comprehensive eye care s e 1-vi c ed. .
VISION 2020: The tow vision services can be offered at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. At the primary level, community-based workers identify and refer people with low vision to a higher level of service and advice on environmental modification. At the tertiary level, a team of trained professionals offer advanced care in a specially developed low vision clinic. No achieve this goal of Vision 2020 there is a need of trained professional in the field of Low Vision service India.