A P Siddiqui, H R Awan, H Minto.
Current Status of Low Vision Rehabilitation in Pakistan.
Pak J Ophthalmol Jan ;12(3):95-7.

Pakistan has about 10 million visually handicapped people. There are 0.5-1.0 million people who can be helped with low vision assisting devices. Although there are 60 schools/centers for the visually handicapped with 300 teachers and 3000 enrolled students, none provide training in the use of low vision aids for low vision rehabilitation. only one tertiary eye care center runs a low vision clinic, in which locally produced low vision aids are prescribed and dispensed. A survey of three schools for the blind has shown that 50% to 60% of the children in these schools can be helped with low vision aids. There is an overriding need to develop an `Interim Low Vision Service` in the country using existing human resources and infrastructure.

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