Blindness is
still a sever public health problem in Nepal. Almost 8 in every
one thousand people are blind even now in Nepal. The national
eye survey conducted in 1981 has revealed a fact that more than
16 people in every one hundred had some sort of ocular disorders
and almost in one hundred had some degree of cataract in their
eyes. 80% of total blindness was avoidable either preventable
or curable. The major causes of blindness were Cataract, Trachoma
Glaucoma, and Corneal Diseases etc. .... read more
