The government targets to provide eye care service to 0.1 million people
within next three years in 11 city corporations and five upazilas
through public-private partnership programme.
This project, which will run from July 2013 to December 2015, is aligned with the government's national goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020.
It will be implemented through a partnership approach and will foster collaboration between BRAC, NEC-DGHS, and other partner organisations including NGOs and hospitals.
This project will develop capacity of the eye care providers and institutions; deliver eye care services and establish and sustain referral networks between the slum community and functional government hospital/private/NGO facilities.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed Sunday between National Eye Care-Directorate General of Health Services (NEC-DGHS) and BRAC, to launch the second phase of the eye care project-Vision Bangladesh at Brac Centre Inn in the city. Line Director of National Eye Care Dr Prof Deen Md Nurul Huq, and BRAC Health Nutrition and Population Programme, Director Dr Kaosar Afsana signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organsiations.
Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque, State Minister for health Capt (retd) Mojibur Rahman Fakir, adviser to the prime minister on health Syed Modasser Ali were also present during the signing ceremony with BRAC Chairman Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in the chair.
An estimated 7.25 million people would get benefit from this project where Brac will contribute about Tk 200 million.
After successful completion of two and a half years Vision Bangladesh Phase-I project, the second phase of the project was formally launched. About 95 per cent of the target of 100,000 cataract surgeries and 200,000 refractive error corrections have been achieved and provided eye care service to one million people across Sylhet division.
The minister said, "The effective leadership in national eye care and BRAC's widespread network of frontline community health workers would equate to the certain success of this project."
Syed Modasser Ali pointed out that the immense success of Sir Fazle Hossain Abed in implementing a diverse range of development projects is the indicator that this project will also be a successful one.
Mojibur Rahman Fakir said 80 per cent of the country's blindness occurs due to cataract and 80 per cent patient live in rural areas. "Ninety per cent of the doctors and caregiving facilities are in urban areas keeping the poor patients out of treatment facilities," he added.
In Bangladesh 0.75 million people are blind with 0.65 million cataract blind and 0.8 per thousand childhood blindness. Overall prevalence of blindness is 1.53 per cent.
Source : The Financial Express , 5th August 2013
This project, which will run from July 2013 to December 2015, is aligned with the government's national goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020.
It will be implemented through a partnership approach and will foster collaboration between BRAC, NEC-DGHS, and other partner organisations including NGOs and hospitals.
This project will develop capacity of the eye care providers and institutions; deliver eye care services and establish and sustain referral networks between the slum community and functional government hospital/private/NGO facilities.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed Sunday between National Eye Care-Directorate General of Health Services (NEC-DGHS) and BRAC, to launch the second phase of the eye care project-Vision Bangladesh at Brac Centre Inn in the city. Line Director of National Eye Care Dr Prof Deen Md Nurul Huq, and BRAC Health Nutrition and Population Programme, Director Dr Kaosar Afsana signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organsiations.
Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque, State Minister for health Capt (retd) Mojibur Rahman Fakir, adviser to the prime minister on health Syed Modasser Ali were also present during the signing ceremony with BRAC Chairman Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in the chair.
An estimated 7.25 million people would get benefit from this project where Brac will contribute about Tk 200 million.
After successful completion of two and a half years Vision Bangladesh Phase-I project, the second phase of the project was formally launched. About 95 per cent of the target of 100,000 cataract surgeries and 200,000 refractive error corrections have been achieved and provided eye care service to one million people across Sylhet division.
The minister said, "The effective leadership in national eye care and BRAC's widespread network of frontline community health workers would equate to the certain success of this project."
Syed Modasser Ali pointed out that the immense success of Sir Fazle Hossain Abed in implementing a diverse range of development projects is the indicator that this project will also be a successful one.
Mojibur Rahman Fakir said 80 per cent of the country's blindness occurs due to cataract and 80 per cent patient live in rural areas. "Ninety per cent of the doctors and caregiving facilities are in urban areas keeping the poor patients out of treatment facilities," he added.
In Bangladesh 0.75 million people are blind with 0.65 million cataract blind and 0.8 per thousand childhood blindness. Overall prevalence of blindness is 1.53 per cent.
Source : The Financial Express , 5th August 2013
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