Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Brahmanbaria & Satkhira Districts, Bangladesh
M. Muhit¹
1: Child Sight Foundation (CSF), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Summary
Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Brahmanbaria District of Bangladesh
- The all-age prevalence of blindness for Brahmanbaria is estimated to be 0.21%.
- The all-age magnitude of blindness for Brahmanbaria is estimated to be 5,565 people out of a population of 2.6 million.
- Avoidable causes of blindness (operated and un-operated cataract, refractive error and corneal scar) accounted for 78.6% of blindness,100% of severe visual impairment and 99.1% of visual impairment.
- Cataract (64.3%) and sequelae related to cataract extraction (14.2%) accounted for 78.5% of all causes of bilateral blindness.
- Posterior segment disease (including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration) is responsible for 21.4% of bilateral blindness.
- 90.9% of people with bilateral cataract VA<3/60 had had surgery and 29.1% at VA<6/18.
Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Satkhira District of Bangladesh
- The all-age prevalence of blindness for Satkhira is estimated to be 1.03%.
- The all-age magnitude of blindness for Satkhira is estimated to be 18,540 people out of a population of 1.8 million.
- Avoidable causes of blindness (operated and un-operated cataract, refractive error and corneal scar) accounted for 91.9 % of blindness,96.7% of severe visual impairment and 99.3% of visual impairment.
- Cataract (85.9%) and sequelae related to cataract extraction (cataract surgical complications 2.0 %) accounted for 87.9 % of all causes of bilateral blindness.
- Posterior segment disease (including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration) is responsible for 8.1% of bilateral blindness.
- 57.9% of people with bilateral cataract VA<3/60 had had surgery and 21.6% at VA<6/18.
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