title: Role of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Tertiary Centers of Excellence in Capacity-building.
abstract: Tertiary Centres of Excellence in India have been at the forefront of the efforts against Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) - associated blindness. The epidemic of blindness from ROP; however, has now spread rapidly into large parts of interiors of developing countries due to improved newborn care facilities. Due to their knowledge and experience of more than a decade, these centres of excellence, both from child care and Ophthalmology care, now need to come forward in substantial measures and need to be supported by funds and programs so that concerns of neonatal eye-health, training, screening, prevention and treatment can get integrated and embedded into newborn critical care and health programs. This will protect newborn preterm survivors from losing the potentially good vision that they are born with, reduce the rapidly rising blindness epidemic, and also protect staff from potential high-value litigations.
authors.affiliation: Srimati Kanuri Santhamma Centre for Vitreoretinal Diseases, Jasti V. Ramanamma Childrens'Eye Care Centre, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and #Retina vitreous services, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Correspondence to: Dr Subhadra Jalali, Srimati Kannuri Santhamma Centre for Vitreoretinal Diseases, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute, LV Prasad Marg, Hyderabad 500 034, India. subhadra@lvpei.org.
authors.forename: Padmaja Kumari
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balakrishnanan
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Padhi
authors.forename: Subhadra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalali
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000517:prevention & control; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D009359:Neonatology / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity; D013337:Students, Medical; D063128:Tertiary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*