Door-to-door Screening as a New Model Augmenting School Eye Screening: Reaching Out to School Age Children in the Midst of a Pandemic.

Purpose: Explore door-to-door eye screening in India as a model to reach school age children in need of eye care, especially during school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods: Children between 5 and 18 years were screened in an urban-slum of Delhi from September 2020 to March 2021. Screening included capturing ocular complaints, visual acuity and conducting a torchlight examination.

Out-of-School Vision Screening in North India: Estimating the Magnitude of Need.

: Few studies have examined the extent to which school-based vision screening is sufficient to achieve universal coverage among school-aged children in India. : A rural administrative region ('Block') was examined. Government records provided the total population of the rural Block, the proportion of school-aged children, and school authorities in the Block provided the number of enrolled students.

Accuracy of noncycloplegic refraction performed at school screening camps.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare noncycloplegic refraction performed in school camp with that performed in eye clinic in children aged 6-16 years.

Methods: A prospective study of children with unaided vision <0.2 LogMAR who underwent noncycloplegic retinoscopy (NCR) and subjective refraction (SR) in camp and subsequently in eye clinic between February and March 2017 was performed.