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U.S., India to expand vision research collaboration

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BETHESDA, Md. — The United States and India have agreed to increase the two countries’ collaborations on vision research, according to the National Institutes of Health.

The agreement “symbolizes an increased commitment to joint collaborations on eye disorders,” an NIH press release said.

“The leaders of India, the world’s largest democracy, are striving to improve the eye health of our people. We are very concerned about the toll of many vision disorders on our well-being,” said Maharaj K. Bhan, MD, secretary of the Department of Biotechnology in India.

More than 12 million people in India are blind, and more than 1 million in the United States, according to the press release.

From 1994 to 2001, the World Bank committed nearly $100 million to cataract blindness control programs in India, the release said.