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Study on Importance of Eye Care Services among Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh

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The most recent WHO figures on the global magnitude and causes of visual impairments indicate that in 2017 there were 285 million visually impaired people, of which 39 million were blind. It is thought that 80% of all causes of visual impairment are either preventable or curable. In low-income countries, limited awareness, availability, and affordability are often barriers to accessing eye care services. This can result in low uptake of eye care treatment, which is a challenge for many national programmes working to eliminate avoidable blindness in these countries. Specific barriers in each country or region need to be identified and alleviated in order to reach the overarching goal of the WHO global action plan 2014-2019 of providing universal access to comprehensive eye care services. In Bangladesh alone, it is estimated that 650,000 adults are blind predominantly due to cataracts and more than 4.6 million people experience visual impairment due to refractive error. Cataracts and refractive errors continue to be significant public health concerns, despite the fact that cost-effective interventions exist to treat these conditions. Urban health is of growing interest given the rapid pace of urbanization globally. Bangladesh is no exception and projections show that the majority of the population will live in urban areas by 2039. Dhaka is already one of the most densely populated cities in the world and is set to become the world’s third largest city by 2019. The Bangladesh National Survey of Blindness and Low Vision (2000) found that Dhaka had a relatively low prevalence of blindness compared to other administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Yet this figure is likely to conceal important variations in terms of the prevalence of visual impairment and access to eye care services in different population sub-groups. Various studies in Bangladesh show important intra-city health between slum and non-slum areas. This is of particular concern given that slum populations have three times overall city population growth rate.

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Eye Care Services, Slum Dwellers, Eye health, ECSAT, Health system, Bangladesh

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"Study on Importance of Eye Care Services among Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no.1602-1619, December-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912212.pdf

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"Study on Importance of Eye Care Services among Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no. pp1602-1619, December-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912212.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR1912212
Registration ID: 500285
Published In: Volume 6 | Issue 12 | Year December-2019
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Page No: 1602-1619
Country: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh .
Area: Medical Science
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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