Why eye care should be a public health priority in India?
Health Vision|September 2022
Blindness is known to increase rapidly after the age of 50 in India. India may be home to nearly half of the world's micronutrient deficient people.
RN Mohanty
Why eye care should be a public health priority in India?

The world’s largest population of people with blindness live in India. Over 8 million people, to be exact. The majority of them lack access to even the most basic medical facilities because they reside in the country’s most underdeveloped regions. Did you know that if they had received prompt treatment, over half of them might not have been blind? But poverty, which both causes and results in blindness, can be extremely difficult to escape, especially in rural areas where the majority of blind people reside.

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