CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS: CHALLENGES AHEAD
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Childhood blindncss is an ilnpoftant cause cont buting to the bLLIden olblindness globally. Worldu,ide. IyAbstract
million childrcn are visually impaircd, of $'honr l.'1 million arc irreversibly blind and need visual
rehablliralion inteNentions for a full ps-vchological and personal developmentIl]. Visual impainrcnt in
childhood has impiications in all areas ol a child's development. It poses educational. occupational and
so:ial challengcs. with affected chilclren being at risk of behavioral, psychological and ernotional
Jitllculties, impaired self esteem and pool social futegration. The pattern of childhood blindness varies
;.,pending on the acccssibility ofallbrdable health care services as rvcll as socio-cultural factors. A majoI
::use of ihildhood blindness in one country can be insiglificant in another. and evcn over a decade the
;auscs ofchildhood blindness can change quitc dranatically in thc sane countryl2.3]. The vadations iil the
mator causes of blindness in pediatric age group from difi'erent parts of the rvorld is determined by
,ocioeconomic factors ancl the availability ofprimary eye care scn ices. In developcd countries, lesions of
rhe retina, optic nen,e and figheI visual pathways predominate as the causc ofblindness. qtereas conleal
scarring is the major causc in low-income countdcs- Retinopathy oiprematLlrity is an ilrpofiant cause in
middle-income countries.
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- O.l. Haque, A. Waris, Childhood Blindness: Challenges Ahead , UP Journal of Ophthalmology: Vol. 6 No. 01 (2018): UP JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
