Childhood blindness researcher awarded
Dr M A Muhit
Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) has recognised Dr M A Muhit as the pioneer in research on the field of childhood blindness and awarded him with gold medal, says a press release. Dr Muhit, an eminent Bangladeshi ophthalmologist currently working as the clinical research fellow at the University of London's International Centre for Eye Health was bestowed with the award in the 36th annual national conference of OSB recently. Dr Muhit is the lead researcher who has conducted the first national study on childhood blindness in our country. His study revealed that over 40,000 children are blind in Bangladesh and among them, over two-third are blind from potentially preventable and treatable causes. He has established Child Sight Foundation (CSF) to restore the eye sight of children who are blind due to preventable or treatable causes like cataract. Now this organisation has been detecting blind children and referring cataract blind for operation at free of cost. He was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for his leadership role in the development of research, programmes and policies for prevention of blindness in children — both in Bangladesh and at international level to ensure the rights of the blind children.
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