Child Blindness Program (CBP)

Child Blindness Program's (CBP) work includes provision of sight-restoring surgery, screening children for eye diseases and conditions, and delivering eyeglasses to schools.

Children who are irreversibly blind receive specialized education to learn Braille, use a cane, and improve their daily living skills.

PROJECT GOALS: Goal 1: To increase the number of children provided with quality eye care services by: Increasing the availability and accessibility to quality eye health and vision services for children and other vulnerable populations.

Improving the capacity of eye care organizations by strengthening administrative, technical, and/or financial functions.

Goal 2: To increase global knowledge of pediatric eye care through innovation and the implementation of best practices by: Testing, designing and expanding the scale of innovative approaches for eye care in various country contexts. Increasing the evidence base for effective approaches leading to scale-up of pediatric eye care programs.