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1. News- 8.8 million blind in India in 2015, says study in Lancet In India, there were 7.2 million blind people in 1990, which rose to 8.8 million in 2015, making the country the home of almost a quarter of the total 36 million blind people. As many as 8.8 million people in India were found to be blind in 2015 and another 47.7 million people had moderate and severe vision impairment, according to a study published online by The Lancet Global Health journal on August 2. Worldwide, there are an estimated 36 million people who are blind and this is set to grow to almost 115 million people by 2050, with the highest number in developing countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to the study. Although rates of blindness and vision impairment have gone down in recent years, the number of cases has risen as the world population has aged, said professor Rupert Bourne of the Anglia Ruskin University in the UK who is the lead author of the study. Between 1990 and 2015, the absolute number of blind people increased by 17.9 per cent. In India, there were 7.2 million blind people in 1990, which rose to 8.8 million in 2015, making the country the home of almost a quarter of the total 36 million blind people. The Lancet study was funded by the Brien Holden Vision Institute and included researchers from Anglia Ruskin University, University of Oxford, L V Prasad Eye Institute in India and others. The study also suggested that prevalence rates could see an upturn by 2020 up to 0.50 per cent rise for blindness and 3.06 per cent for vision impairment. The areas most affected are developing regions. For example, 11.7 million people who are blind lived in south Asia in 2015. Dr G V S Murthy, the director of Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Public Health and professor at the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the number of people above 50 years had increased by 13 per cent in India and despite a decline in the prevalence of blindness from 1 per cent to 0.6 per cent in the country, “we still have a large number of blind people”. Professor Rohit Khanna, the associate director of the L V Prasad Eye Institute, said that with most vision impairment being a result of ageing as the population continues to grow and age, the number of people affected has increased globally. Other key researchers include professor Vinay Nangia, the director of the Suraj Eye Institute, Nagpur, and Dr Ronnie George of the Medical Research Foundation in Chennai. Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/8-8-million-blind-in-india-in-2015-says-study-in-lancet-4781368/?utm_source=itrendsnow.com 2. 14,500 special children to get supportive aids. Those diagnosed with autism to be treated at six centres The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is planning to complete the distribution of supportive aids to 14,500 differently-abled schoolchildren in the district by August. A.K. Abdul Hakkeem, district programme officer, SSA, said here on Sunday that hearing-impaired and visually-impaired children were given special attention this time. “They were broadly categorised into four groups – fully deaf and partially blind; partially deaf and fully blind; fully blind; and fully deaf,” he added. Some of their problems could be cured through corrective surgeries. “As many as 7,500 students will be distributed spectacles. Those having hearing problems will be subjected to audiogram tests and will be given hearing aids,” Mr. Hakkeem said. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/ssa-support-for-special-children/article19201443.ece 2. Event- Regional Abilympic Events to be organised in 2017. We plan to organize the base assessment camp and based on the outcomes of this camp, conduct skilling and training sessions for the participants, most probably in September, 2017, post receipt and compilation of participant details, by this month. The final Regional Events are likely to be organised in December, 2017. We will inform you on the final dates for the camp and training details shortly. We request you to please send all completed entries by the last date 15th August, 2017 positively. No forms will be accepted beyond the last date. The forms can be posted at the address mentioned below or can be scanned and emailed at the following email ID- i...@abilympicsindia.org. Phone: 011-42004238. Website: www.abilympicsindia.org -- -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! 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