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Estrategias para reducir la discapacidad visual evitable

Authors: González Moreno, Ana;

Estrategias para reducir la discapacidad visual evitable

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En el mundo hay alrededor de 7500 millones de personas, de las cuales se calcula que 1300 padecen de algún tipo de discapacidad visual. Según informes publicados por la OMS el 80% de estas discapacidades visuales son evitables, procediendo, el 90% de las mismas de países en vías de desarrollo. La falta de recursos y acceso al sistema sanitario en los países de renta baja alimenta el grado de pobreza y exclusión al que se encuentran sometidos sus habitantes. Es de vital importancia analizar el papel del óptico-optometrista en situaciones de vulnerabilidad y emergencia y cómo puede participar en la mejora de la situación. El proyecto “Visión sin Fronteras”, que da origen a este Trabajo Fin de Grado, nace con el objetivo de apoyar la labor llevada a cabo en el campo de refugiados “Moria” en Mitilene, Lesbos, por la organización Light Without Borders, la cual ofrece asistencia optométrica a las personas que se han visto obligadas a migrar huyendo de la guerra y otras catástrofes buscando asilo y refugio en Europa. Se trata de una iniciativa con la que se consigue demostrar que con el compromiso de la comunidad universitaria, se pueden conseguir avances en la lucha contra las desigualdades sociales. Basado en la puesta en marcha de una campaña de recogida de gafas graduadas, gafas de sol, monturas y fundas en diversas localidades españolas, se ha contribuido a la sostenibilidad de la actividad optométrica y cuidado de la salud visual en el campo de refugiados de Mitilene. Son muchos los beneficios conseguidos tras la creación de dicho proyecto, tales como la facilitación del proceso de escolarización de niños con errores refractivos, como la posibilidad de entrar al mercado laborar de un adulto con problemas visuales, ayudando a mejorar notablemente las sórdidas condiciones en las que se encuentran en dicho campamento.

The world population consists of 7500 million people, 1300 of whom have some kind of visual impairment. According to studies published by the World Health Organization, 80% of these visual impairments are preventable and of those 80%, 90% come from developing countries. The lack of resources and access to healthcare in impoverished countries adds to the poverty and exclusion that the population already suffers. It is of vital importance to analise the role of the optometrist in si tuations of vulnerability and emergency and how they can improve the situation. The project “Visión sin Fronteras” from which this thesis originates, was created with the ob jective of supporting the organisation Light Without Borders — an organisation which provides optic aide to refugees fleeing war and catastrophe, who are seeking asylum in Europe. The organisation works primarily in the refugee camp “Moria” in Mitilene, Lesbos. This initia tive shows that with university involvement, advancements can be achieved in the struggle against social inequality. The project consists of collecting donations of glasses with graduated lenses, frames and cases from various regions of Spain. These donations have contributed to sustainable p ractices in optometry in Mor ia. There are many benefits achieved due to this project such as the facilitation of schooling for children with refractive issues and for adults with visual impairments, the ability to enter the job market and notably improving the sordid conditions there are found in current refugee camps

Universidad de Sevilla. Grado en Óptica y Optometría

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discapacidad visual, prevención, visual health, visual impairment, visual hygiene, preven tion, higiene visual, salud visual, humanitarion aid, ayuda humanitaria

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