Government of Goa Launched Vision for All School Eye Health Program
Government of Goa Launched Vision for
All School Eye Health Program
Why In News
The Government of Goa
has launched the Vision for All School Eye Health program in partnership with
OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation and Prasad Netralaya.
Key Points
The Government of Goa
has launched the Vision for All School Eye Health program in partnership with
OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation and Prasad Netralaya. The program is an
extension of the current Vision for All Goa eye health program. The Vision for
All Goa eye health program commenced in February 2021 and its monthly camps
have screened 50,000 citizens and provided free spectacles to 16,000 people in
need.
The Vision for All
School Eye Health will focus on training 2000 teachers on basic visual acuity
tests for the children in their respective schools, followed by detailed
refraction by qualified professionals from Prasad Netralaya.
OneSight
EssilorLuxottica Foundation has committed to providing 25,000 free spectacles
to children identified with refractive error.
Chief Minister of
Goa, Dr. Pramod Sawant, informed that Identification and addressing eye health
issues among children at the early stage itself is very critical and important
to stop the further progression.
In this direction,
the Government of Goa is organizing a training program for schoolteachers to
identify eye health problems among children and refer them for further
treatment.
The trained teachers
will further compulsorily do basic visual acuity tests for every child before
the start of the academic year.
OneSight
EssilorLuxottica Foundation
The OneSight
EssilorLuxottica Foundation is a registered charitable organization reflecting
the commitment of EssilorLuxottica to eliminating uncorrected poor vision in a
generation. It brings together Essilor Luxottica’s philanthropic, advocacy
actions and investments. Essilor Luxottica’s commitment is to lessen the impact
of myopia in children is stronger than ever, and partnerships with key global
players are helping the organization make positive changes.