Outreach Program
Outreach Programme (Community and School Screenings)
- School and community screening camps in ICT and Rawalpindi, Mardan, Rahim Yar Khan, Lahore, Quetta
- Conducted with partner organizations such as Behbud Association of Pakistan, Human Development Foundation, ISRA Foundation, ICRC, Pak Turk Schools
- 80,000 school children screened, and more than 15,000 eyeglasses distributed
- 1,200 Madrasah students also screened
- More than 25,000 people screened, with 80% females and children in community outreach camps
- Public transport drivers, railway workers, traffic wardens (ICT), security guards, and police trainees at Mansehra Police Training School screened for vision and hearing impairment
- Screening of Christian community in Christian Colony Islamabad
Research and Development
The Research and Development unit was established at PIRS with the aim of developing and
implementing an active research programme. The R&D unit strengthened research activities in
thematic areas including eye health, ear and hearing health, physical disability, assistive technology,
and rehabilitation. Several research studies were published in national and international journals,
contributing to evidence-based advocacy.
Published Research Articles
- Evaluation of visual acuity in workers of textile industry.
- Frequency of anterior segment diseases associated with environmental factors in age 12–160 years at LRBT hospital Quetta.
- Evaluation of balance and orthotic gait training techniques for rehabilitation in hemiplegic stroke patients.
- Establishing an integrated school health program at public sector schools: A Mixed-Method study from Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Teacher’s perceptions on academic performance of school children after correction of refractive errors.
- Assessment of phoria associated with Myopia in students and staff before and after correction of refractive errors.
- Causes of unilateral blindness.
- Cognitive rehabilitation and assistive robotics for neurological disorders: a comprehensive review.
- Innovation of adjustable ankle joint orthoses for patients with flexible equinus deformity.
- Awareness and willingness to eye donations among Pakistan community.
- Effect of statin and lubricants in patients with Meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eyes associated with dyslipidemia.
- Assessment of visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and visual fields among individuals wearing cosmetic contact lenses of various central zone diameters under mesopic conditions.
- Types of Anisometropia in children 5–15 years attending a tertiary care hospital.
- Effect of orthoptic exercises and dietary supplements for the relief of asthenopic symptoms in patients with convergence insufficiency.
- Awareness about refractive corrective surgeries among students at ISRA University Islamabad: A cross-sectional study.
