Prevention of Blindness Week 2019 - April 01 to 07
April 8 , 2019 1981 days 828 0
Prevention of Blindness Week 2019 was observed from 1stof April (Monday) to 7th of April (Sunday).
This campaign is planned by the Government of India for increasing the awareness towards the blind people.
Prevention of Blindness Week was first started by the Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur in the year 1960 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
Another campaign “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” was launched in 1999 by the WHO for the prevention of the blindness.