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World Sight Day and cataract blindness
  1. A Hennig1,
  2. J Kumar1,
  3. A K Singh1,
  4. A Ansari1,
  5. S Singh1,
  6. R Gurung2,
  7. A Foster3
  1. 1Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital, Lahan, Nepal
  2. 2Tilganga Eye Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal
  3. 3Clinical Research Unit, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
  1. Correspondence to: Allen Foster

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.7.830

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    Age related cataract remains the major cause of blindness throughout the world.1 It is estimated that the present number of 20 million of cataract blind will double by the year 2020. The main reasons for low uptake of cataract surgery in developing countries are poor surgical outcome2 and high cost. Various strategies have been suggested by the global initiative “Vision 2020: the right …

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