Low Vision: We Can All Do More Hasan Minto Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, International Centre For
internationalArticles edition from C ommunity Eye Health CEHJ 77&78 JOURNAVOLUMEL 2 | ISSUE 4 | DecembeR 2012 INDIAN EDITION Low vision: we can all do more Hasan Minto Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, International Centre for Eyecare Education. Dole Kuldeep Clare Gilbert Co-director, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Clinical Advisor, Sightsavers. Despite all the treatments, operations, and medication at our disposal, there is still a significant number of people whose sight we cannot fully restore. What happens to these patients once they leave our care? Without the neces- sary support, advice, and low vision devices, their remaining vision will not be very good; this can make life a struggle. Low vision assessment. Support may be difficult to find, as low INDIA vision services are often inadequate or inaccessible in many low- and middle- vision interventions once all other treat- Low vision has a significant impact on income countries. Professionals, such as ments the person needs (surgical, medical people’s lives. People with low vision may rehabilitation workers, ophthalmologists, and/or optical) have been given. The struggle to look after themselves without mid-level eye care workers, optometrists/ definition also emphasises the importance help. Having low vision affects their refractionists, and special education of vision for day-to-day functioning. status in the eyes of others and can make teachers, may not know what to do about People who may be able to benefit from social situations difficult. It reduces the people with low vision, leaving them with low vision care will want to do a range of ability of people to pursue an education, to no-one else to turn to.
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