National Seminar on ‘Vision for Children’
This year the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) dedicated World Sight Day to ‘Vision for Children’. The National Programme for the Control of Blindness (NPCB), Government of India, and VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – India commemorated World Sight Day 2007 by conducting a symposium on ‘Vision for Children’ on October 10, 2007, at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar.
The main objectives of the seminar were:
• To have a national debate on issues related to pediatric eye care;
• To recommend standard procedure and practices to control childhood blindness;
• To promote eye care for children as an important health issue in the community at the regional and national level; and
• To formulate policy guidelines for the Government and non-government sector to promote the ‘Vision for Children’ program in the country.
About 110 delegates from all over the country comprising ophthalmologists, INGOs, NGOs and social workers in the eye care sector attended the seminar, along with 20 resource persons from reputed eye institutions, who shared their expertise. The seminar included lectures, panel discussion and a question and answer session.
Mrs Hema Malini, Brand Ambassador of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – India, attended the last session and also interacted with the young enthusiastic staff of the institute.
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