school vision screening

Statewide ‘Ujjwal Drishti Haryana’ Campaign Launched from Hisar to Provide Free Eyewear and Eye CareChandigarh, July 11 — Haryana Health Minister Aarti Singh Rao on Thursday inaugurated the state-level Ujjwal Drishti Haryana Abhiyan from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology in Hisar. The campaign, launched under the National Program for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment, aims to provide free spectacles to schoolchildren and near vision correction to citizens above 45 years of age.Rao stated that the initiative is backed by a special budget from the state government and will distribute over 1.4 lakh pairs of spectacles through 22…