Kishoreganj Eye Hospital's annual report summarises outreach screening activity, surgical outcomes, and outpatient services delivered across Kishoreganj district over the reporting period.
Key figures
- Hundreds of cataract patients identified through village-level outreach screening camps.
- A consistent surgical conversion rate among patients identified with surgical-stage cataracts.
- Continued operation of outpatient eye care services alongside outreach activity.
Why outreach matters
The report's data continues to support a finding raised in NUK's national policy dialogue on gender in eye health care: hospital-based services alone consistently under-reach women, who face greater transport and household-priority barriers to seeking care independently. Village-level screening remains the most effective way to identify cases that would otherwise go untreated.
This data set feeds directly into NUK's broader advocacy on Bangladesh's progress toward the WHO's "Vision 2020" goal of eliminating avoidable blindness, particularly for rural and female populations.
Related program
Read more about the hospital's work in NUK's Community & Eye Hospitals program, and see the latest field update in Kishoreganj Eye Hospital Marks Milestone in Cataract Outreach.