Eye-care in Bangladesh
40,000 blind youth
There are roughly 790,000 people in Bangladesh who are blind- 40,000 are children.
Given Bangladesh’s dense population and high poverty levels, access to primary health care is poor.
Even though globally, 80% of the world’s blindness can be avoided, eye care facilities in Bangladesh are often unable to meet the service demand due to lack of trained eye care personnel as well as inadequate equipment and supplies.
Our Projects
Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project
Dhaka is inhabited by 12 million people, 30% of whom live in squalid, unsanitary conditions in urban...Childhood Blindness Vitamin A programme - Bangladesh
With our partners Helen Keller International (HKI), we are reaching children in Bangladesh’s Chittagong...Intra Ocular Lenses for Cataract Surgeries (IOL) – Bangladesh
Bangladesh is home to 140 million people. Estimates say up to 790,000 people here are blind...