Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded achievements recorded by the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO), known as the Central Eye Hospital, especially the efforts made by it and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to eradicate trachoma in Vietnam.
Local administrations should play a greater role in the national strategy on blindness prevention, head of the national steering committee for blindness control Nguyen Viet Tien said.
A delegation of doctors from HCM City in collaboration with doctors of an eye hospital in Laos performed free eye surgery using Phaco technique on cataract patients in Vientiane from December 14-16.
About 150 patients with cataracts in Ninh Thuan province have received free surgeries provided by the Asia Prevention of Blindness Association (APBA) and the province’s eye hospital.
The 2016 national ophthalmological conference took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 20, attracting more than 1,400 domestic and foreign delegates.
Doctors have warned of possible outbreaks of seasonal diseases such as pinkeye, viral fever and respiratory tract infections.
The number of students suffering from short-sightedness is increasing in Vietnam's big cities, experts said.
The non-governmental International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE)
is helping the treatment of refractive disorders in Vietnam over
the past two years.
On April 28 the Central Eye Hospital inaugurated a network administration centre funded by Australia’s Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) and the Vietnam’s Ministry of Health in order to upgrade the health sector’s information management system.
