Objective

• To provide high quality eye care to the effected population
• To expand eye care services coverage to the underserved areas
• To reduce the backlog of Blindness.
• To develop institutional capacity for Eye care services.

Strategy

• Disease control of avoidable blindness
• Training of ophthalmic Personnel
• IEC Activities
• Provision of Equipment / Consumable

Programme details

• NPCB: launched in the Year in 1976
• Strengthened by World Bank project from 1994- to 2002
• Aiming to reduce the prevalence of Blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%
• As per 2006-07 survey by Govt. of India, Prevalence is 1% in India
• Aim of NPCB- 1.1 to 0.3%
• Present Prevalence Rate is :0.65%
• Goal: prevalence of blindness to 0.3% by the year 2020

Key performance indicators

• Cataract operations
• School Children Eye Screening
• Refractive Errors
• Free Spectacles Distribution
• Eye ball Collection

AP Health Programmes

• ASHA
• Child Health & Immunization
• RBSK
• RKSK
• HMIS
• RNTCP
• NLEP
• NPCB
• Maternal Health Program
• NIDDCP
• NPPCF
• NPCDCS
• NPHCE
• NTCP
• NVBDCP
• e-Aushadhi
• ANMOL
• Healthcare ATM
• Free Drugs & Supply Chain