Eye health is everyone’s responsibility: China’s first Western-style eye hospital improves in the prevention of blindness
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Key Projects for Hospital Clinical Disciplines of the Ministry of Health of China in 2010-2012 (Project No.175 in Document 439 of the Planning and Finance Secretary of Ministry of Health).

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    AIM: To investigate the relationship between China’s first Western-style eye hospital development and the prevention of blindness in China and determine the main factor influencing eye health today.METHODS: Data about eye health, blindness and cataract surgery rate of China from public website of World Health Organization (WHO), ORBIS International, Ministry of Health (MOH) of China, Pubmed center and Historical Archives of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) were reviewed and analyzed.RESULTS: ZOC is China’s first Western-style eye hospital. In 2012, the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital has chosen ZOC once again as one of its destinations, 30 years after ORBIS expanded internationally to train eye care professionals and treat underserved patients in developing countries in 1982. During the past 30 years, cataract surgery rate and public awareness of blindness prevention were improved greatly in China, in which ZOC plays a very important role.CONCLUSION: ZOC, as China’s first Western-style eye hospital,has improved in the prevention of blindness. Eye health has become everyone’s responsibility.

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Hao-Tian Lin, Li-Xia Luo, Wei-Rong Chen, et al. Eye health is everyone’s responsibility: China’s first Western-style eye hospital improves in the prevention of blindness. Int J Ophthalmol, 2012,5(5):638-640

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  • Received:July 18,2012
  • Revised:September 18,2012
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