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OCI’S
MYOPIA AWARENESS
WEEK PROGRAMMES
WINNERS MOULI DAS
(L) AND PRITHVISH
BANIK (R) BOTH FROM
VIDYASAGAR COLLEGE
OF OPTOMETRY AND
VISUAL SCIENCES
he Optometry Confederation of India awareness animation videos that were created
(earlier known as the Optometry Council and posted on OCI’s social media handles
Tof India) is a self-regulatory body in the for a week. The topics covered were Sunlight
field of eye care. OCI registers optometrists on a Exposure, Less Gadget Time, the Importance of
voluntary basis to maintain quality and provide Regular Eye Examination, Special Spectacles for
equitable and accountable eye care services and Myopia, and Orthokeratology.
education for optometrists in the country.
The campaign to increase awareness about
Among the OCI’s many activities are myopia myopia among the public began in March
awareness programmes. These have been 2024 and will continue until March next year.
pursued with keen determination since 2019. The five myopia animation videos on the topics
Its Myopia Taskforce is a group of experts in the mentioned above are in English, Hindi, Tamil,
field of myopia management whose efforts Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and Kannada.
resulted in a white paper on Myopia.
To achieve the goal of ‘Effective Refractive
More recently, the OCI observed International Coverage 2030’, raising awareness needs to be
Myopia Awareness Week from the 13 to the 19 a collective effort from all those whose concern
May 2024. Of particular note are the myopia this major issue should be. This includes the
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