To maintain and increase the annual Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR).
To increase cornea transplant intervention.
Specific Objectives
Strengthen the management and accountability system for eye health.
Enable the delivery of efficient and effective eye health services through the availability of necessary technology.
Deploy an eye health workforce with the necessary skills appropriate to the various levels of eye healthcare.
Provide appropriate and reliable eye health information necessary for planning, decision-making, monitoring, and service improvement.
Benefits on completion of Project
To strengthen Eye departments by provision of equipment (up grading of the eyes departments at three (03) Tertiary Teaching Hospitals (TTH), seven (07) District Headquarter Hospitals in AJ&K. 11 optometrist appointed in CMHs, AIMS and DHQs.
Blindness Control Program
Prevention & Control of Blindness (PCB) Program
Duration of Project (12-07-2021 to 30-06-2025)
Cost: 94.871 Million
Main Objectives
To prevent avoidable blindness in AJ&K.
To maintain and increase the annual Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR).
To increase cornea transplant intervention.
Specific Objectives
Strengthen the management and accountability system for eye health.
Enable the delivery of efficient and effective eye health services through the availability of necessary technology.
Deploy an eye health workforce with the necessary skills appropriate to the various levels of eye healthcare.
Provide appropriate and reliable eye health information necessary for planning, decision-making, monitoring, and service improvement.
Benefits on completion of Project
To strengthen Eye departments by provision of equipment (up grading of the eyes departments at three (03) Tertiary Teaching Hospitals (TTH), seven (07) District Headquarter Hospitals in AJ&K. 11 optometrist appointed in CMHs, AIMS and DHQs.
Prevention & Control of Blindness (PCB) Program
Duration of Project (12-07-2021 to 30-06-2025)
Cost: 94.871 Million
Main Objectives
To prevent avoidable blindness in AJ&K.
To maintain and increase the annual Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR).
To increase cornea transplant intervention.
Specific Objectives
Strengthen the management and accountability system for eye health.
Enable the delivery of efficient and effective eye health services through the availability of necessary technology.
Deploy an eye health workforce with the necessary skills appropriate to the various levels of eye healthcare.
Provide appropriate and reliable eye health information necessary for planning, decision-making, monitoring, and service improvement.
Benefits on completion of Project
To strengthen Eye departments by provision of equipment (up grading of the eyes departments at three (03) Tertiary Teaching Hospitals (TTH), seven (07) District Headquarter Hospitals in AJ&K. 11 optometrist appointed in CMHs, AIMS and DHQs.
