L V Prasad Eye Institute

1. L V Prasad EyeInstitute TejKohli CorneaInstitute

2. About the Tej KohliFoundation Currently,forpeoplewhoareblightedbyblindnessandotherophthalmicissues,itpreventsthemfrom participating in society and for many it means being cast out due to their lack of ability to contribute financially. We must not allow this to continue in the 21st century. It is our duty to step in and support with passion, pride, hard work and a guarantee of financialcommitment. The Tej Kohli Foundation was founded in 2005 by Tej Kohli and his wife Wendy as an autonomous, non-profit organization that does not accept donations. Areas of work include treating and preventing corneal blindness andtheFoundation’sroadmapistoeliminateblindness by 2030, extending educational opportunities, offering midday meals for malnourished children, vocational trainingforthephysicallydisabled,improvingthehealth of rural communities and empowering women. The Tej KohliFoundationisfundingtheTejKohliCorneaInstitute (TKCI) where advances in ophthalmology andtreatment are being undertaken to eliminate blindness. The Tej Kohli Foundation currently operates in Costa Rica, India and Africa, whilst constantly exploring new countries where they can have the most impact on society at large. The Foundation is supported through the success of Kohli Ventures and the skills and intellectual capital provided by its senior management team – (www. Tejkohlifoundation.com) International businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Mr Tej Kohli, Chairman of Kohli Ventures and Founder of the Tej KohliFoundation 2

3. Blindness and visual impairment are a major global health problem, affecting more than 161 million people worldwide in 2002 (World HealthOrganization). Of these 45 million are in India. Nearly 75% of visual impairment is avoidable, ie., can be prevented, treated ormanaged. L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), established in 1987, is a world-class eye health institute encompassing clinical care, education, research, rehabilitation, eye banking and high impact rural eyecare. The Institute is managed by two not-for-profit trusts: the Hyderabad Eye Institute (HEI), a registered Trust under the IndianTrustAct,andtheHyderabadEyeResearchFoundation (HERF), a society registered under the Societies Act. HEI and HERF together are responsible for governance of all activities atLVPEI. LVPEI’s Kallam Anji Reddy campus at Hyderabad, a Centre of Excellence, is complemented by three Tertiary Centres - Bhubaneswar Campus, GMR Varalakshmi Campus in Visakhapatnam and the Kode Venkatadri Chowdary Campus inVijayawada. Vision To provide equitable and efficient eye care to all sections of society Mission ofExcellence LVPEI’s mission is to be a centre of excellence in eye care services, basic and clinical research into eye diseases and vision-threatening conditions, training, product development, and rehabilitation for those with incurable visual disability, with a focus on extending equitable and efficient eye care to underserved populations in the developingworld. 3

4. LVPEI Pyramid of EyeCare VisionGuardiansareatthebaseofthepyramidandrepresent community involvement. Vision guardians comprise trained young people who keep a close vigil on the eye health of about 5,000 persons within communities, through door-to- door surveys and other informalmeans. Vision Centres form the next level and serve the primary eye health needs of the community. Drawing upon local talent and staffed by persons from the local community, each Vision Centre caters to a cluster of villages, individually servicing a target of around 50,000people. Secondary Eye Care Centres are networked to the Vision Centres and each serves a population of 500,000 persons. These centres provide care that can diagnose the complete range of ophthalmological diseases and offer high quality surgical care for cataract - the most common cause of blindness. These centres draw upon local talenttoo. Tertiary Care Hosptials/Training Centres are linked to Secondary Centres and each serves a population of 5 million persons. These centres provide a comprehensive range of services and also serve as training centres to the secondary centres. CentreofExcellenceislinkedtotertiarycentresandservesa population of 50 million persons. It treats complex diseases, trains the trainers in subspecialties & rehabilitation and engages inadvocacy. The cost for establishing a Vision Centre, a Secondary Eye Care Centre, a Tertiary Eye Care Centre and a Centre of ExcellenceisaboutUS$10,000,US$100,000,US$1.0million and US$ 10 million respectively. The effective cost at each of these points of presence, is 20 cents per person. The cost of providing holistic Eye Care from base to apex of the EyeCare Pyramid is about US$ 1 per personserved. The long-term model does not depend on external funding or expertise, as the Vision Centres have the potential to grow into community hubs that address other health needs, beyond ophthalmicneeds. 4 Impact of the Eye CarePyramid Community needs determine development of Centres at all levels, especially at the secondary and primarylevels. The Vision Centres have helped to bring services within the reachofcommunitiesthatotherwisewerebeyondthescope of most health care services. Going beyond Eye Care, these centres have also become important points of community health awareness and education, positively influencing attitudes and driving social and healthinterventions. LVPEI currently has 127 Vision Centres that provide primary careinthedistrictsandvillagesofAndhraPradesh,Telangana, Odisha and Karnataka. These are linked to Secondary Eye Care Centres (14), which are in turn linked to LVPEI Tertiary Centres in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Bhubaneswar. LVPEI’s Centre of Excellence at Hyderabad is at the apex of the Eye CarePyramid.

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