Prof Lalit Prakash Agarwal (1922-2004)—The Planner of the First-Ever National Blindness Control Program of the World
Prof Lalit Prakash Agarwal drafted the National Programme for Prevention of Visual Impairment and Control of Blindness (now called National Programme for Control of Blindness) in India in 1976, first of its kind in the world. With his vision well ahead of his time, he brought the concept of super-sp...
Main Author: | Koushik Tripathy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-03-01
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Series: | Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1179172117701742 |
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