Project - CSCP
Child Sight Community Project (CSCP)
- Partner:
- Sight Savers International
(Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind UK) - Activities:
- Detection of blind children and referral of cataract blind for sight restoring surgeries (in Dhaka Division)
- Duration:
- November 2005- June 2007
Aims and Objectives:
- To Identify and examine 80% of approximately 8,000 blind children in selected 103 upazilas of Dhaka division
- Approximately one third (2,400) of the examined children will be referred to the partner eye hospital for free cataract surgery
- Train 4000 Key Informants (KI) in selected 103 upazilas of Dhaka division.
- Organise 1030 health communication activities in selected 103 upazilas in Dhaka division.
- Help to ensure that 80% of the children who fail to attend follow up will be motivated for follow up.
| Parameters | Target | Achieved | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanas (Areas) | 67 | 50 | 75% |
| SVI | 4019 | 3677 | 91% |
| Cataract | 1319 | 1076 | 82% |
| KI trained | - | 1160 | - |
| Transport* | 1195 | 981 | 82% |
