Pattern of Ocular Morbidity among School Going Children of 6-16 Years in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Among the leading childhood morbidities in developing nations,after malnutrition, diarhheaetc childhood blindness and other ophthalmic morbidities causing visual impairment also hold a place. The major causes of blindness in children encompass intrauterine and acquired infectious diseases, teratogens and developmental and molecular genetics, nutritional factors, the consequences of preterm birth, and tumors. A multidisciplinary approach is therefore needed. To assess the pattern the ocular morbidity among school going children of an urban area in Kancheepuram district, Tamilnadu were studied.