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Expected Community Participation- Motivation of people for cataract surgery, to use the services available for eye care and refraction.
- To organize the cataract surgery camps.
- To organize cataract surgery camps in defined area.
- To develop Eye Bank.
- We share eye care.
- You can make a difference. Let Eye Donation be your family tradition.
- Let your eyes changes someone's life.
- Money can't buy eyes. It is a gift only you can give, gift of sight.
- Anyone of any age, can donate eyes
- Role of Teacher in School Eye Screening programme.
- Role of social welfare department in blinds schools.
- Any other sector can help in cataract surgery, refraction & eye donation activity.
- The goal is to reduce the prevalence of blindness to 0.8% by 2007.
Cataract surgeries performed since 2002–03
| Year | Annual Target | Achievement | % Achieve | IOL Surgeries | % of IOL Surgeries |
| 2002–03 | 420000 | 480356 | 114 | 402633 | 83.8 |
| 2003–04 | 430000 | 519561 | 121 | 484558 | 93.2 |
| 2004–05 | 500000 | 593362 | 119 | 573374 | 96.6 |
| 2005–06 | 550000 | 657558 | 119 | 633672 | 97 |
| 2006–07 | 550000 | 684101 | 124 | 669256 | 98 |
| 2007–08 | 550000 | 712305 | 129 | 673571 | 95 |
| 2008–09 (Aug, 08) | 725000 | 252575 | 35 | 248554 | 98 |
Note: Achiev – Achivement, IOL – Intra Ocular Lens
Progress in Eye Donation
| Year | Eye Balls collected | No. of Keratoplasty Surgeries |
| 2002–03 | 3,227 | 702 |
| 2003–04 | 1,899 | 606 |
| 2004–05 | 3,074 | 1,101 |
| 2005–06 | 3,946 | 1,476 |
| 2006–07 | 3,642 | 1,279 |
| 2007–2008 | 4,985 | 1,851 |
| 2008–09 (Aug 2008) | 1967 | 697 |
Progress in School Eye Screening
| Year | Students Screened | Students with refractive errors | Free spects provided |
| 2002–03 | 11,23,980 | 27,093 | 6,185 |
| 2003–04 | 22,66,266 | 53,561 | 25,919 |
| 2004–05 | 23,25,373 | 86,837 | 50,080 |
| 2005–06 | 29,01,620 | 87,878 | 57,286 |
| 2006–07 | 31,88,378 | 1,10,934 | 81,815 |
| 2007–08 | 36,69,058 | 1,15,727 | 87,675 |
| 2008–09 (Aug 08) | 5,09,418 | 17,683 | 2,711 |
