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As per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, the persons with benchmark disability mean, a person with 40 or more per cent of a specified disability

Once the leading cause of blindness in the 1950s and 1960s, trachoma has now been officially eliminated from India, according to a recent declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Ministry acknowledged this achievement, highlighting the government's persistent efforts to safeguard the vision of millions and the significance of promoting healthy eyesight for all.

The awareness day is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of October. This event was initiated by the 'SightFirstCampaign' of Lions Club International Foundation in the year 2000.

The alleged loss of eyesight happened after they underwent a cataract operation.

Diseases due to the present-day lifestyle are resulting in complete blindness, they said

Toronto: Regular use of viagra, used to treat erectile dysfunction, can harm your vision leaving you blind, a study has claimed. Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Canada have found that people regularly taking the common erectile dysfunction pill may be at increased risk of sudden losses of vision, flashes of light, and […]

During its early stages, diabetes can affect the eyes before the changes are detectable with a regular clinical examination.

Fluid pressure can build up in patients with glaucoma, wearing down cells in the eye and the nerves connecting them to the brain, researchers said.

Globally, the leading causes of vision loss and blindness are both avoidable: cataract and the unmet need for glasses.

Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve which is estimated to affect 79.6 million people world-wide and, if left untreated, causes irreversible damage.

For the past decade and a half, eye doctors have been treating these conditions with drugs that block a protein, VEGF, that's responsible for spurring new vessel growth.