page_title: Childhood blindness
section_title: Treatment
hierarchical_section_title: Childhood blindness / Treatment
caption_attribution_description: English: Close up of Braille page
context_page_description: Childhood blindness is an important cause contributing to the burden of blindness. Blindness in children can be defined as a visual acuity of <3/60 in the eye with better vision of a child under 16 years of age. This generally means that the child cannot see something 10 feet away, that another child could see if it was 200 feet away.
context_section_description: Whether blindness is treatable depends upon the cause. Surgical intervention can be performed in cases of primary congenital glaucoma, however, surgical intervention is yet to be proven effective.
caption: Braille
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