Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra

Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra

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13 April, Denmark: World Diabetes Foundation, Denmark has expressed its deepest appreciation and admiration for the work by NBJK to prevent blindness due to diabetes in Jharkhand. In his letter to Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK), Mr. Anders Dejgaard (Managing Director, WDF) has conveyed satisfaction over completion of the joint project from July 2013 to March 2016 focused upon prevention and treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy, a particular blindness caused by diabetes that makes people sightless slowly. Mr. Dejgaard has called the partnership as efficient, smooth and was hopeful for sustainability of the WDF funded initiative for common people’s access to quality diagnosis and treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy.

NBJK run Loknayak Jai Prakash Eye Hospital (Bahera, Chouparan) has been provided modern equipments, training and other supports from WDF during the period to initiate mass awareness against Diabetic Retinopathy as well as proper treatment facility at the hospital. Md. Aseem Ali (Asst. Manager, LNJPEH) has informed about diabetes check up camps at 264 villages, related quiz events at 202 schools, 15000 identified diabetic people, 1129 patients of diabetic retinopathy and successful treatment for 250 among them as the outcome of WDF supported project that has touched around 2 lacs people over the issue. We feel grateful for such people centric approach and crucial support from World Diabetes Foundation, he added.