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Prevention of Blindness in Bangladesh
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 37 million people are blind worldwide and out of this 37 million, nearly 2 million are in Bangladesh. Besides total blindness, another 3 million are visually impaired in Bangladesh. Good news is that over 80% of blindness is avoidable. But bad news is that without proper intervention this figure could double over the next 20 years. Today the economic burden and loss productivity of blindness in Bangladesh is nearly a billion dollars per annum.
The main cause of blindness in Bangladesh is cataract; which is responsible for 60% of the cases followed by glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, childhood blindness and uncorrected refractive errors. Most of the Bangladeshi population has no access to cataract treatment services, which can be easily removed by a simple operation. There are very few NGOs that are working in this area. The government facility is extremely poor--- per person health care expenditure (not to speak of blindness prevention) of the government is only 47 cents. If no urgent action is taken many people in Bangladesh will remain blind, die blind, and more alarmingly, the number of blind will double within the next twenty years.
We therefore have set up an Eye Foundation in Bangladesh last year (Foundation for Eye Health). It is a registered non-profit organization. You will be glad to know that we have set up our Eye Hospital this year at
Foundation for Eye Health
House no 42, Road no 12, Sector 4
Uttara Model Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh
And since January 1, 2007 it is fully in operation. We have full time nurses and doctors working at our hospital now. Our main engine of strength is Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, a WHO expert on prevention of Blindness and Dr. Zahirul Islam, our Executive Director in Dhaka.
We are performing relatively modestly due to financial constraints. We badly need funds. Each cataract operation cost us $50. We shall appreciate if you send your zaakat or tax deductible funds payable to
WCI, Inc (for Foundation for Eye Health),
171 Union Street, Ashland, MA 01721, USA
If you need more information, please call or email to the following:
1. Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, MBBS, M.PH
Medical Officer, Control and Prevention of Blindness,
WHO, EMRO, PO Box 7608, Nasr City, Cairo 11371, Egypt
Tel: 202-276-5358, Fax: 202-670-2492
2. Dr. Zahirul Islam, MBBS, MS
Executive Director, Foundation for Eye Health,
3. Abdul Momen, PhD
171 Union Street, Ashland, MA 01721,
Tel : 508-532-0667, Email : sylhet@verizon.net
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