Fourteen million eye checks later, Karnataka can see clearly now

In eight districts of Karnataka, health workers have carried out 14 million eye screenings since 2022 — handing out more than 450,000 free pairs of glasses and performing over 250,000 cataract surgeries. A new report from the World Health Organization and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation celebrates the Asha Kirana programme and its 393 permanent vision centres, now woven into the state's public health system so that care stays close to home.

SDG 3 · Good health and well-being — Mechanism: institutional program