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25 per cent of blind population of the world is in India. |
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30,000 new blind are added to the population in the country every year. |
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| Disability
- Blind (Visual) : Statistics "Blindness
represents a serious public health, social and
economic problem for our Member States. It is
especially true for the developing countries, where 9
out of 10 of the world's blind live," stated Dr
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO.
"Up to 80% of global blindness is avoidable: it
either results from the conditions that could have
been prevented or can be successfully treated with the
sight restored," she said.
Today, there is an estimated 180
million people worldwide who are visually disabled. Of
these, between 40 and 45 million persons are blind and,
by definition, cannot walk about unaided. Around 60% of
the world's blind reside in sub-Saharan Africa, China
and India.
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