36 million people are blind in the world. Of these, 8.8 million live in India. Common causes of blindness in India are Cataract, Uncorrected refractive errors, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Corneal Opacity etc. 80% of blindness is treatable. 200 million people need eye care in India, but only 10% are covered through existing health care facilities and eye screening camps.
The main objective of this project is to establish Hybrid Vision Centres (HVC) along with Mobile Vision Care Units (MVCU) and Advanced Mobile Vision Care Unit (AMVCU) to render primary eye care services to the urban, semi urban and rural communities. To address the challenges identified by the team, we are adopting a transformational strategy in the area of
1) Analytics
2) Technology
3) Communication and
4) Service Delivery.
Orange is committed to establish 200 Hybrid Vision Centers in and around Chennai with a mission of making CHENNAI as the first Avoidable Blindness Free city in India, through this prestigious humanitarian project, in the year 2020-21 reaching more than 10 million beneficiaries at a nominal cost of INR. 28 per beneficiary.
