NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR CONTROL OF BLINDNESS (NPCB), MIZORAM

National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) was launched in the year 1976 with the goal of achieving a prevalence rate of 0.3% of population by 2020.

The implementation of the programme was decentralized in 1994-95 with formation of District Health Society in each district of the country. The District Health Society is expected to enhance the coverage and improve quality of eye care services in the district

Objectives : 

Main objectives are:-

To reduce the backlog of blindness through identification and treatment of blind

To provide comprehensive eye care services and quality service delivery by NPCB.

To strengthen and develop human resources for providing eye care services

To enhance awareness on eye care and prevention measures

To secure participation of voluntary organization/private practitioners in eye care

Focus areas for 12th five year plan :

Free Cataract operations

Assistance to NGO to look after other eye diseases

School eye screening for refractive errors

Free spectacles for poor school age group and old persons

Setting up Vision Centres

Collection of eyeballs from Eye Banks and Eye Donation Centres

Construction of Eye Wards and Eye OTs

Involvement of NGO and private practitioners in the programme

Training of eye care personnels

Intensive use of IEC for mass awareness

Engagement of Opthalmic Surgeons and Opthalmic Assistants on contractual basis

Maintenance of Opthalmic instruments supplied to various centres

Monitoring through Management Information System

STATE PROFILE

The state is bordering by Myanmar in the east and south and the Bangladesh in the west, Mizoram occupies an area of great strategic importance in the north eastern corner of India. It has a total of 630 miles boundary with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Mizoram has the most variegated hilly terrain in the eastern part of India. The hills are steep and are separated by rivers that flow either to the north or the south creating deep gorges between the hill ranges. Mizoram has become the 23rd State of the Union in February 1987. Mizoram is a state with one of the highest literacy rates in India. Situated on the extreme south of the north eastern India, it is a land of unending natural beauty with an array of flora and fauna. It has 40 seats of legislative assembly. One member each represents the state in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The population of Mizoram is 0.89 million according to 2001 census and is scattered over 9 districts, 26 blocks and 817 villages. The state has the density of 42 persons per sq.km. The sex ratio of Mizoram at 935 females to 1000 males is higher than the national average of 933. The capital of Mizoram is Aizawl.




NATIONAL BLINDNESS CONTROL PROGRAMME IN MIZORAM.

Infrastructure

Sl. No.

Particulars

Total strength

1.

Dedicated eye wards and OTs

7

2.

Vision Centres by Govt.

21

3.

Tele-Vision Centres by NGO S.A.T.H.I.

10

4.

Multipurpose Mobile Opth. Units

7

5.

Eye Bank

1

6.

Eye Donation Centre

1

7.

NGO with Cataract facility

3

8.

Private Hospital with Cat-op. facility

1

9.

PMOA training Centre

1

Manpower

Sl.No.

Manpower

Total

1.

Eye Surgeons

9+1(contract)

2.

Opthalmic Assistants

24 + 21(contract)

3.

Opthalmic Nurses

2 (contract)

4.

Data Entry Operators

10 (contract)

5.

Eye Donation counsellors

2 (contract)

6.

Budget & Finance officer

1 (contract)

7.

IV grade

2 (contract)

PERFORMANCE & ACHIEVEMENTS April 2023 – March 2024

 

  1. Cataract Operation (District Wise )

Sl.

No.

District

Target

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Total

1

Aizawl East

800

247

155

156

129

180

138

165

189

76

131

146

191

1903

2

Aizawl West

400

78

61

65

52

45

41

65

88

16

43

72

87

713

3

Lunglei

400

34

34

26

20

13

14

30

25

7

15

29

15

262

4

Lawngtlai

200

0

41

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

61

0

102

5

Champhai

300

4

11

24

2

9

6

0

13

0

9

10

20

108

6

Mamit

200

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

32

32

7

Kolasib

300

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

0

13

8

Serchhip

200

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

43

0

0

0

43

9

Siaha

300

5

8

7

5

5

5

4

7

2

4

2

8

62


Total

3100

368

310

278

208

252

204

264

322

144

202

333

353

3238

2. SCHOOL EYE SCREENING DISTRICT-WISE


Sl.
 No.

Name of Districts

Teacher Trained

Children 

Screened

Detected with 

 Refractive Errors

Provided Free Glasses

Distribution of free spectacles to
 old persons suffering from presbyopia

Target

Achvt.

Target

Achvt.

Target

Achvt.

Target

Achvt.

1

Aizawl E

13

9000

2361

400

471

450

278

450

326

2

Aizawl W

61

8000

4468

300

877

350

155

350

103

3

Lunglei

93

5000

8369

350

743

250

38

350

133

4

Lawngtlai

0

4000

1582

350

315

200

55

200

0

5

Champhai

44

6000

3848

450

1040

300

218

300

307

6

Mamit

73

5000

2240

350

608

300

300

250

221

7

Kolasib

49

5000

2557

400

517

350

180

250

381

8

Serchhip

34

4000

3358

200

388

150

147

200

186

9

Siaha

24

4000

1447

200

125

150

90

200

241

 

Total

391

50000

30230

3000

5084

2500

1461

2550

1898


3. EYE DONATION

Month

Target

Eye ball collect

Keratoplasty

April 2023

100

0

0

May 2023

6

0

June 2023

4

0

July 2023

2

0

August 2023

12

0

September 2023

14

6

October 2023

10

8

November 2023

16

5

December 2023

7

0

January 2024

4

3

February 2024

0

0

March 2024

6

0

TOTAL

 

81

22


PERFORMANCE & ACHIEVEMENTS April 2022 – March 2023

 

I. Cataract Operation (District Wise )

Sl.

No.

District

Target

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Total

1

Aizawl East

800

141

162

116

143

160

168

161

129

61

85

157

242

1725

2

Aizawl West

500

59

95

48

58

47

51

52

83

83

62

162

82

882

3

Lunglei

500

39

58

32

27

33

33

29

63

19

28

23

72

456

4

Lawngtlai

250

36

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

92

0

128

5

Champhai

700

2

14

10

5

10

15

21

0

1

5

34

45

162

6

Mamit

600

0

0

6

4

0

0

0

0

54

0

0

0

64

7

Kolasib

750

12

7

22

39

21

33

16

20

23

16

4

0

213

8

Serchhip

250

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

40

0

40

9

Siaha

300

5

7

7

5

3

4

3

1

2

2

8

8

55


Total

6900

294

343

241

281

274

304

282

296

243

198

520

449

3725


II. SCHOOL EYE SCREENING (District Wise)

 

Sl.
 No.

Name of Districts

Teacher Trained

Children 

Screened

Detected with 

 Refractive Errors

Provided Free Glasses

Distribution of free spectacles to
 old persons suffering from presbyopia





Achievement during 2021-22
  • No. of Cataract Operation is one thousand eight hundred twenty two (1822)           
  • No. of school Teachers Trained is two hundred and sixty seven (267) 
  • No. of School Children Screened is ten thousand six hundred ninety (10690)
  • No. of Refractive Error Detected is two thousand nine hundred fifty eight (2958)
  • No. of Free spectacles to School Children      is two thousand four hundred eleven (2411)
  • No. of Free spectacles to old age is two thousand three hundred forty nine (2349) 
  • No. of Cornea collected is sixty six (66)
  • No. of Corneal transplant is ten (10)
Achievement under NPCBVI during the year 2020-2021 is as follows:-

 

  1. No. of Free Cataract Operation is 1806 nos. i.e., 72.24%.
  2. Teachers trained is 131 nos..
  3. No. of School children screened is 1664 nos.
  4. No. of school children detected Refractive Error is 3366 nos.
  5. No. of free spectacles provided to school children is 2716 nos. 106%.
  6. No. of free spectacles provided to old age person is 2870 nos. 115%
  7. No. of Cornea collected is 22 nos..
  8. No. of cornea transplant is 3 nos..
  9. There are 14 Eye Surgeons and 48 Ophthalmic Assistants – 19 (Govt.) and 30 (Contractual).
  10. In spite of Covid Pandemic Eye Surgeons & Ophthalmic Assistants were conducting Eye Camp (Free surgical/School Eye Screening camp etc. at remote/rural area.  Especially, providing Free Spectacles to School Children and providing free spectacles to old age, achievement were more than 100%.
  11. The first human organ transplant Centre in Mizoram, Eye Bank/Eye Donation Centre is located at Aizawl District Hospital (Civil Hospital, Aizawl) and also Eye Donation Centre at Synod Hospital, Durtlang (established on 2018-19).

 

 

 Achievement during 2018-2019

 

Achievement - Cataract Surgery - April 2018-March 2019

District

Target

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Total

IOL

Aizawl West

450

32

42

35

34

82

65

59

35

21

44

57

69

575

575

Aizawl East

600

68

124

82

102

113

148

152

125

37

79

164

137

1331

1331

Serchhip

150

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

19

19

Lunglei

350

12

29

27

18

19

39

23

25

4

29

28

43

296

296

Lawngtlai

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

43

77

120

120

Saiha

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

56

56

56

Champhai

300

5

22

10

0

0

0

0

3

9

27

25

3

104

104

Kolasib

350

56

28

17

24

16

13

13

3

4

6

10

62

252

252

Mamit

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

66

0

66

66

Synod Hospital 

3000

16

27

14

8

22

17

16

20

6

11

13

19

189

189

(NGO & Pvt. Prac.)















TOTAL

5500

189

272

185

186

252

282

263

211

81

196

406

485

3008

3008


CATARACT PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR 2018 - 19 

Month : Up to March 2019

Sr. No.

Name of District

Target (Govt)

Medical College

District Hospital + Sub-Dist. Hosp + CMU + DMU

NGO Hospital

Private Doctors

Other

Total

1

Aizawl West

450

-

53

0

522

 

575

2

Aizawl East

600

-

585

935

0

 

1520

3

Serchhip

150

-

0

0

19

 

19

4

Lunglei

350

-

296

0

0

 

296

5

Lawngtlai

100

-

10

0

110

 

120

6

Siaha

100

-

56

0

0

 

56

7

Champhai

300

-

104

0

0

 

104

8

Kolasib

350

-

252

0

0

 

252

9

Mamit

100

-

66

0

0

 

66

TOTAL

2500

0

1422

935

651

0

3008

 

SCHOOL EYE SCREENING DURING 2018 - 19Up to March, 2019

Name of Districts

Teacher Trained

Children Screened

Detected with  Refractive Errors

Provided Free Glasses

Distribution of free spectacles to
 old persons suffering from presbyopia

Target

Achievement

Target

Achievement

Target

Achievement

Target

Achievement

Aizawl West

108

9000

7577

600

1383

250

296

250

171

Aizawl East

148

9000

9457

600

1444

250

515

250

519

Serchhip

69

3000

2674

200

684

200

282

200

321

Lunglei

65

5000

3268

400

1007

250

282

250

563

Lawngtlai

46

4000

4367

200

90

200

185

200

170

Saiha

113

4000

3997

200

240

200

133

200

411

Champhai

146

6000

5755

400

1113

250

565

250

862

Kolasib

151

5000

7073

200

958

200

159

200

237

Mamit

62

5000

2617

200

458

200

118

200

446

Synod Hosp. (NGO)

0

0

4009

0

166

0

64

0

12

Total

908

 

50794

 

7543

 

2599

 

3712

Cornea Collection During 2018 - 19 up to March,    2019

Name of state

Target

2018-19

Keratoplasty conducted

Mizoram

100

105

30


ACHIEVEMENTS 2017 – 2018 

National Programme for Control of Blindness was launched in India in the year 1976 as a 100% centrally sponsored scheme with the goal of reducing the prevalence of blindness from 1.49 % to 0.8 % by 2007. In Mizoram NPCB&VI was started during 1982 – 1983. Cataract and Refractive Error are the major causes of blindness.

Achievement under NPCB&VI, Mizoram during 2017 – 2018 is as follows:

  • No. of Cataract Operation is 1774.
  • No of teacher trained in screening for Refractive Errors is 656.
  • No. of School children screened are 35571.
  • No. of school children detected Refractive Error is 3895.
  • No. of School going children provided with free glasses to poor children is 803.
  • No. of distribution of spectacles to old persons suffering from presbyopia are 1062.
  • No. of eye donated is 80.
  • No. of eye transplanted is 53.
  • No of Glaucoma is 220 .
  • No of diabetic Retinopathy is 200
  • No. of Childhood Blindness is 2
  • No of trachoma – nil.
  • No of Squint is 295 .
  • No of Retinopathy of Prematurity is 20 .
  • No of Low Vision is 130 .
  • No of corneal Blindness is 30 .
  • No of other Eye diseases detected is 30452 .

During Glaucoma Week which was observed during 12th – 18th March, 2017, free Eye Screening was conducted in the States and also in all the districts. The total number of Patients screened were 1347 and 10 Glaucoma cases were detected and referred to specialist in the District Hospital.

Eye Camp was held at 4 districts viz. Mamit, Lawngtlai District, Serchhip, Lunglei and the total no. of patients operated for Cataractwere135. Hospital based Eye Camp was conducted inAizawl Civil Hospital, Kolasib, Champhai and Lunglei district.

Eye Donation Forthnight was observed during 25th Aug – 8th Sept, 2017 at _ Auditorium. Donor families received certificates for donating their eyes. Hon’ble Health Minister was the Chief Guest in the inaugural function.

World Sight Day was observed on 12th October 2017 at the


PHYSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2016 – 17

Achievement under NPCB, Mizoram during 2016 – 2017 are as follows :

  • No. of Cataract Operation is two thousand one hundred and ten. (2120 nos.)
  • No. of School children screened is twenty eight thousand two hundred and thirty six. (28236 nos.)
  • No. of school Teacher trained is one thousand sixty five. (1065 nos.)
  • No. of school children detected Refractive Error is four thousand six hundred and fifty eight. (4658 nos.)
  • No. of free spectacle provided to poor children is eight hundred and forty eight. (848 nos.)
  • No. of Distribution of the spectacles to old persons suffering from presbyopia is seven hundred fifty five.
  • No. of eye ball collect is one hundred and two for eye transplant (102 nos.)
  • No. of eye transplant is fifty. (50 nos.)

Target and Achievement during 2014 - 2015 :

CATARACT OPERATION

Sl.no

Particulars

Target

Achievement

1.

Districts Achievement till December 2014

4000

1151

2.

NGO : 1) Synod Hospital 2) Eye Care Community & Research Centre


76 209


Total


1,436

SCHOOL EYE SCREENING

Sl.no

Particulars

Target

Achievement

1.

School children to be screened

50000

24013

2.

Estimated school children detected R.E

3000

2986

3.

Free spectacles provided to poor children

1000

666

4.

Teacher Trained


577

5.

Target for other eye disease (Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Laser technique, etc)

Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, trachoma, Squint, Low Vision, Corneal Blindness

1100

MIZORAM EYE BANK

Sl.no

Particulars

Target

Achievement

1.

Cornea collection

80

69

2.

Keratoplasty


5