Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Genetic Disease in Ophthalmology: Healthcare and Research Opportunity in Bangladesh

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Advances in Vision Research, Volume II

Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology ((ESSENTIALS))

  • 588 Accesses

Abstract

Genetic eye diseases which may pass on from parent to children through genes include a large number of ocular pathologies all of which do not cause visual impairment. Global as well as country burden of the problem is unknown. Consanguineous marriage is common in the country which is a predisposing factor for the genetic eye diseases. Bangladesh is striving to develop reliable infrastructure of eye healthcare delivery system from community clinic providing preventive and promotive care to tertiary level facilities and specialized institutes providing specific treatments. Utilizing the field staffs, eye patients may be screened at the community and referred to the health facilities for further diagnosis and treatment. Sociodemographic data may reveal the consanguineous marriage history and will help diagnosing genetic eye diseases. Thus proper utilization of health system will not only ensure eye care of patients but also to create opportunities of research with data generation providing magnitude of eye disease with a focus to genetic eye disorder in this large population.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. http://www.who.int/blindness/causes/priority/en/index9.html

  2. Mathebula SD. A review of ocular genetics and inherited eye diseases. S Afr Optom. 2012;71(4):179–89.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Dineen BP, Bourne RRA, Ali SM, Huq DMN, Johnson GJ. Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Bangladeshi adults: results of the National Blindness and low vision survey of Bangladesh. Br J Ophthalmol. 2003;87(7):820–8.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) Bangladesh. National Eye Care Plan for implementation of Vision 2020 in Bangladesh.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019. World Health Organization; 2013. ISBN 978 92 4 150656 4 (NLM classification: WW 140). http://www.who.int/blindness/actionplan/en/

  6. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) Bangladesh. 4th Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Programme (4th HPNSP); 2017.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Preventing avoidable childhood blindness in Bangladesh: a pilot intervention (2016). http://www.searo.who.int/bangladesh/cblindness/en/

  8. National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NIPORT, Mitra and Associates, and ICF International; 2016.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Chowdhury S, Banu LA, Chowdhury TA, Rubayet S, Khatoon S. Achieving millennium development goals 4 and 5 in Bangladesh. BJOG. 2011;118(Suppl. 2):36–46.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW). Community Based Health Care (CBHC). http://www.communityclinic.gov.bd/

  11. World Health Organization (WHO); Community clinics in Bangladesh: Bringing health care to the doorstep of rural people. http://www.searo.who.int/mediacentre/events/community-clinics-bangladesh-story/en/

  12. Reddy MA, Purbrick R, Petrou P. The prevalence of patients with ocular genetic disorders attending a general paediatric ophthalmology clinic in the east end of London. Eye. 2009;23:1111–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2008.212. published online 11 July 2008 & Macmillan Publishers Limited2009

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Genetic eye diseases and genetic counselling services in Egypt. Ahmed Gomaa Staff Ophthalmologist, Flying Eye Hospital, ORBIS International. Community Eye Health Journal, vol 20(61), March 2007.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Compliance with Ethical Requirements

The authors A.H.M. Enayet Hussain and Khaleda Islam declares that they have no conflict of interest.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Directorate General of Health Services, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    A. H. M. Enayet Hussain & Khaleda Islam

Authors
  1. A. H. M. Enayet Hussain
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Khaleda Islam
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Gyan Prakash

  2. National Institute of Sensory Organs Tokyo Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeshi Iwata

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Enayet Hussain, A.H.M., Islam, K. (2019). Genetic Disease in Ophthalmology: Healthcare and Research Opportunity in Bangladesh. In: Prakash, G., Iwata, T. (eds) Advances in Vision Research, Volume II. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0884-0_13

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0884-0_13

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore

  • Print ISBN: 978-981-13-0883-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-981-13-0884-0

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation