India CSR Network
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Register
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • CSR
    • Art & Culture
    • CSR Leaders
    • Child Rights
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Gender Equality
    • Health
    • Skill Development
    • No Poverty
    • Safety
    • Covid-19
    • Safe Food For All
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainability Dialogues
    • Sustainability Knowledge Series
    • Plastics
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Circular Economy
    • BRSR
  • Corporate Governance
    • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • BOOKS
  • More
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Case Studies
    • Knowledge
    • Social Sector Leaders
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Philanthropy
    • Sports
    • Gaming
  • Prime
  • Home
  • CSR
    • Art & Culture
    • CSR Leaders
    • Child Rights
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Gender Equality
    • Health
    • Skill Development
    • No Poverty
    • Safety
    • Covid-19
    • Safe Food For All
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainability Dialogues
    • Sustainability Knowledge Series
    • Plastics
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Circular Economy
    • BRSR
  • Corporate Governance
    • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • BOOKS
  • More
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Case Studies
    • Knowledge
    • Social Sector Leaders
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Philanthropy
    • Sports
    • Gaming
  • Prime
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
India CSR Network
No Result
View All Result
Home CSR

CSR: Standard Chartered Bank aims to screen 3 lakh people for eye health

Aim to screen 3 lakh people for eye health by end Dec 2025

by India CSR Network
3 months ago
in CSR
CSR: Standard Chartered Bank aims to screen 3 lakh people for eye health

Standard Chartered Bank, India, through its Seeing is Believing project, has partnered with Sightsavers to reduce the prevalence of blindness from the existing 0.7% to 0.3% of the population in the district of South 24 parganas in West Bengal by end of December 2025. The ‘High Impact Rural Eye Health Programme’ will prioritise work in 20 rural blocks in the remote Sundarbans region.

This initiative aims at screening more than 3 lakh people for eye health while meeting the refraction needs of over a lakh people across 20 vision centres (VCs). It is estimated that under the project, nearly 70,000 or more spectacles will be dispensed and more than 26,000 people will undergo sight restoration cataract surgeries. The patients, on need basis, will be referred for further Diabetic Retinopathy treatment.

This is the second leg of the initiative launched earlier by Sightsavers and Standard Chartered Bank for this region.

In 2013, Sightsavers had initiated the Sundarbans Eye Health Service Strengthening Project, which had aimed to address the urgent need for improving eye health in selected blocks in North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas (West Bengal, India). The project was financially supported even then by Standard Chartered Bank. The five years intervention until 2018 resulted in reducing blindness to 0.7% from 1.9% of the population, during the baseline survey. Along with this, Sightsavers India also observed a huge change in perceptions due to constant awareness generation in the field. About 23,55,720 people were reached through various Information, Education and Communication (IECs) and community sensitisation activities.

In the 2013-2018 project the coverage and quality of cataract and refractive error services provided was enhanced by establishing 17 VCs in the blocks covering the most remote and inaccessible parts of Sundarbans. The state provided 12 optometrists in the district, and Standard Chartered Bank supported project enabled additional 11 optometrists to be deployed. The VC’s have remained functional and continue to generate income. A total of over 8.5 lakh people which included over 50% children, were screened for eye health under the project. More than 31,000 people underwent sight restoration cataract surgeries in the span of five years.

Karuna Bhatia, Head – Sustainability, India, Standard Chartered Bank said, “The intervention aims at further reducing avoidable blindness to a level where it does not impede day-to-day functioning of the rural population in Sundarbans. This new initiative and existing infrastructure and systems established from our first collaboration with Sightsavers in Sundarbans will help us in realising this vision. At the heart of Standard Chartered Bank’s project is serving communities and making eye health facilities accessible.

So far under the Seeing is Believing programme, the Bank has reached 14 million people in India, conducted 2.58 million cataract surgeries through our network of 265 vision centres across 22 states,” she added.

RN Mohanty, CEO, Sightsavers India said, “We witnessed in Sundarbans, unmet need persists, particularly in the blocks which were outside the scope of the previous project. The current project of Standard Chartered Bank funded programme will bridge these critical gaps that remain in the provision of eye health care needs in the district. Sightsavers is happy to yet again partner with Standard Chartered Bank.”

(India CSR)

CSRBooks.com CSRBooks.com CSRBooks.com
Source: India CSR I 15 March 2022
Tags: SightsaversStandard Chartered Bank
ShareTweetPin

India CSR Network

India CSR is the largest tech-led platform for information on CSR and sustainability in India offering diverse content across multisectoral issues. It covers Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability, and related issues in India. Founded in 2009, the organisation aspires to become a globally admired media that offers valuable information to its readers through responsible reporting. To enjoy the premium content, we invite you to subscribe it.

Related Posts

CSR: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance spends Rs. 6 Cr for social development in FY22
CSR

CSR: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance spends Rs. 6 Cr for social development in FY22

June 27, 2022
The Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF) kick starts its operations in India
CSR

The Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF) kick starts its operations in India

June 25, 2022
Who is Parameswaran Iyer, the next Niti Aayog CEO?
CSR

Who is Parameswaran Iyer, the next Niti Aayog CEO?

June 25, 2022
CSR: Orchids International School joins UNICEF to create awareness
CSR

CSR: Orchids International School joins UNICEF to create awareness

June 24, 2022
CSR: How Is Digital Awareness Propelling Rural Development in India?
CSR

CSR: How Is Digital Awareness Propelling Rural Development in India?

June 24, 2022
Adani Ports waives charges for ships carrying COVID equipment
CSR

Why Adani pledges to donate Rs. 60,000 Cr for social issues?

June 24, 2022
CSR

CSR: Byju’s to train 35 lakh students under CSR

June 24, 2022
CoCreate Ventures and PES University to invest in 50 start-ups
CSR

CoCreate Ventures and PES University to invest in 50 start-ups

June 23, 2022
CSR in Tamil Nadu: Manali Petrochemicals to create awareness on menstrual hygiene in 31 Govt. schools
CSR

CSR in Tamil Nadu: Manali Petrochemicals to create awareness on menstrual hygiene in 31 Govt. schools

June 23, 2022

Popular Stories

  • Lupin Terminates 300 Staff

    Lupin Terminates 300 Staff

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • What is liberalization?

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 7 Reasons Why Smartphone Can Make Your Life Easier

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • QNET CSR Arm Supports Electrification Project to light up the lives of 470 villagers in Meghalaya

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • MCA amends Schedule III of Companies Act on disclosure norms in financial statements and Details of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
India CSR Network

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Team
  • Partnership
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use
  • Subscribe

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • CSR
    • Art & Culture
    • CSR Leaders
    • Child Rights
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Gender Equality
    • Health
    • Skill Development
    • No Poverty
    • Safety
    • Covid-19
    • Safe Food For All
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainability Dialogues
    • Sustainability Knowledge Series
    • Plastics
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Circular Economy
    • BRSR
  • Corporate Governance
    • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • BOOKS
  • More
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Case Studies
    • Knowledge
    • Social Sector Leaders
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Philanthropy
    • Sports
    • Gaming
  • Prime
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Google
Sign In with Linked In
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Sign Up with Facebook
Sign Up with Google
Sign Up with Linked In
OR

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In