[Cataract Eye Camp in India, Xerophthalmia Project. Experiences last January within the scope of the Combat Blindness Foundation at the Sitapur Ophthalmology Hospital in India].

In India are approximately 4 million blind people by advanced or mature cataract. For only 10 US$ one patient can be operated in eye camps in the villages by an intracapsular cataract cryoextraction an + 12.00 dptr. aphakia glasses. Also estimated four million people are blind by xerophthalmia. The project is to examine all the babies and little children in the villages and to give them for 2 years each month vitamin-A-medication. On the other side the parents of children suffering from xerophthalmia are instructed to plant vegetables rich in vitamin A. The goal of both projects is to make a cataract and xerophthalmia free zone in Uttar Pradesh, which should spread over the entire country. Both projects are sponsored by Combat Blindness Foundation, P.O. Box 5, 332 Madison Wisconsin 53705 USA, Professor Suresh Chandra, chairman.