The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) recently organised a webinar for the government school nurses in collaboration with Ministry of Education and Higher Education and Primary Health Care Corporation.
Dr Kholood al-Mutawa, head of Non-Communicable Disease Section, MoPH, announced that the vision screening survey for school students will be conducted this academic year for all students in primary and preparatory grades of government and private schools.
The school nurse should screen the low vision cases and refer such cases to the health centres, which eventually could decrease the prevalence of low vision and lazy eye within this age group.
Dr Shadi al-Ashwal, an ophthalmologist at MoPH, said the webinar focused on how to perform an accurate visual acuity measurement taking in consideration the Covid-19 precautionary guidelines. He added that the recent studies have found an increase in the prevalence of low vision and refractive errors among children and its significant association to the excessive use of digital devices.
The school nurse should screen the low vision cases and refer such cases to the health centres, which eventually could decrease the prevalence of low vision and lazy eye within this age group.
Dr Shadi al-Ashwal, an ophthalmologist at MoPH, said the webinar focused on how to perform an accurate visual acuity measurement taking in consideration the Covid-19 precautionary guidelines. He added that the recent studies have found an increase in the prevalence of low vision and refractive errors among children and its significant association to the excessive use of digital devices.