Over 180,000 Cambodian people are blind and a further 10,000 suffer avoidable blindness each year. Ninety percent of this blindness is avoidable, 79% is curable and 11% is preventable. Three-quarters of this blindness is due to cataracts and the remainder is due to uncorrected vision, glaucoma, corneal scarring and pterygium. The Khmer Sight Foundation (KSF) is a charity reincarnated by Professor Sunil Shah and Sean Ngu. Its mission is to deliver a sustainable eye care model for the country. KSF takes a three pronged approach to this. It is working to develop sustainable eye-care within the country through building physical infrastructure. The second approach is to impact the current cataract backlog of over 300,000 patients with the aid of international support. Thirdly, KSF is paving the way for the next generation through the development of an optometry education programme and training of Cambodian ophthalmologists. Here we present the workings of KSF, clinical cases we have encountered and elaborate upon the future goals of this charity.
摘要: 柬埔寨每年超过18万人失明, 另有1万人患有可避免盲。其中90%的失明是可以避免的, 79%是可以治愈的, 11%是可以预防的。四分之三的失明是由于白内障导致的, 其余是由屈光不正、青光眼、角膜瘢痕和翼状胬肉等疾病造成的。Khmer视觉基金会(KSF)是由Sunil Shah教授和Sean Ngu教授创立的慈善机构。其宗旨是为国家提供可持续的眼部护理模式。KSF对此采取了三管齐下的方法, 通过建设有形基础设施在国内发展可持续的眼部护理。第二种方法是在国际的支持帮助下, 解决目前积压的30多万白内障患者。第三, KSF通过开展验光教育计划和培训柬埔寨眼科医生为下一代的成长铺路。在此, 我们介绍了KSF的运作模式和遇到的临床案例, 并阐述了该慈善机构的未来目标。.
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