Combined quarterly report and first annual report

A blindness prevalence survey of 1,748 people found that 1% were blind (32% as a result of cataracts, 40% from myopia); plans for the next survey have been finalized. Seven seminars on eye care and blindness prevention were conducted for 299 health care professionals; courses in ophthalmology, eye care, and blindness prevention were provided by the IEF field training specialist; and the assistant project manager lectured at the Nakaru Medical Training Center. Educational materials have been distributed throughout the country. A community-based primary eye care program, operated in Saradidi by 25 village health workers, has served as a learning tool. It is planned that two additional community-based programs will focus more closely on primary eye care and blindness prevention. Screenings of 80,921 students at 253 schools by rural blindness prevention units in four areas, spotted 6,611 cases of trachoma.