Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia Collaborates with Orbis International to Enhance Students' Eye Health
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Ulaanbaatar, April 4, 2024 /MONTSAME/. The General Authority of Education of Mongolia and Orbis International are collaborating on a project to enhance the eye health of students in Mongolian kindergartens and schools. The initiative is targeting 33 selected institutions.
In this regard, Minister of Education and Science of Mongolia
Enkh-Amgalan Luvsantseren received Bruce D. Moore, Professor at New England
College of Optometry, Boston, Kenneth Youngstein, Managing Director at
Foundation for Health & Mind Development, Founder & CEO of Biocom Ltd.
and Author of “Tuya and The Talking Grass,” Chimgee Chuluunkhuu, Country
Director in Mongolia for Orbis International, and other project coordinators on
April 4, 2024.
Professor and researcher Bruce Moore, with 50 years of
experience in children's vision health, has spent the past 25-30 years for
developing and promoting a child-centered eye examination method. This method
has been adopted by schools in the United States, where eye exams are mandatory
for children and covered by health insurance. In Mongolia, the project conducted
examinations on target school students utilizing Moore's method and revealed
that 45 percent of them had vision problems. Following these findings, the
meeting focused on discussions around implementing school-based vision
screening and examinations.
Dr. Kenneth Youngstein, a neuroscientist, expressed his
eagerness to collaborate in providing eye health education to parents,
caregivers, and children while enhancing their communication skills and
attitudes as part of the project.
In Mongolia, relevant laws stipulate that an electronic
registration database for monitoring the health of secondary school students
should be established and preventive measures, early detection examinations,
tests, and diagnoses should be frequently carried out at specific ages.
The Parties discussed
opportunities to make certain decisions to improve eye health among students
and to implement these measures nationwide.
