Under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness Week was established in 1960, with Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur serving as its founding patrons.
Funded by grants and contributions, the NSPB is an entirely volunteer-run organization. NSPB has solid alliances with Sight Savers, Rotary International, and other significant businesses. The World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated with the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness Week and other non-governmental organizations in an endeavor to end preventable blindness.
Additionally, India was the first nation to apply for a soft credit from the World Bank's International Development Agency in order to control blindness.
1. Eating Nutrious Diet: Consuming a diet high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low in fat will benefit your heart as well as your eyes. It should come as no surprise that your eyes, like the heart, depend on microscopic arteries to carry oxygen and nourishment. Your eyes will benefit from maintaining healthy arteries.
2. Regular Eye Checkup: Regular eye exams can help detect some eye problems including cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration, which could result in vision loss, in addition to correcting your vision and ensuring that your eyesight is healthy.
3. Protect Eye from sunlight: Overexposure to UV light increases the chance of developing eye disorders and other issues. You can prevent the following eye disorders by wearing sunglasses: It can take years for eye cancer and cataracts to manifest. Your chance of developing a serious illness rises each time you enjoy the sun's rays without using eye protection.
4. Avoiding Smoking: Raises quality of life and improves health status. prolongs life by up to ten years and lowers the chance of dying young. lowers the chance of numerous harmful health impacts, including as cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), poor reproductive health outcomes, and more.
5. Reduce Screen Time: Limiting screen time helps people sleep better, feel less stressed and anxious, be more focused and productive, build stronger relationships, get more exercise, develop self-awareness, and unleash their creativity.
Last Updated Mar 30, 2024, 4:35 PM IST