Management and Science University (MSU) gained a new entry in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) when the University launched the MSU Myopia Screening Prevention and Intervention (MySPINES) – a National Eye Health Study in conjunction with World Sight Day 2022.
With 1,600 eye tests in support of the #LoveYourEyes campaign by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), the MSU contribution counts towards the 5 million tests of global target which has now been exceeded by over 1.8 million in pledges.
Whilst the 'Love Your Eyes' campaign urges people to put their personal eye health first, blindness prevention has been one of twenty-five core research areas at Management and Science University.
Officiating the launch of MySPINES at the MSU Performing Arts Theatre (PAT) was Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid.
“According to a WHO report, at least one billion worldwide suffer from near- or far-sightedness, and 2.5 billion out of 7.7 billion world population are visually impaired; a figure which may reach half the world population in 2050. Blindness prevention is crucial because the cost of visual impairment is USD 441 billion in annual productivity loss,” remarked the MSU president.
Myopia being one of the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness led to the MySPINES initiative by MSU. Teams of researchers and clinicians from MSU’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (FHLS) Department of Optometry and Visual Science (DOVS) and MSU Centre of Excellence (CoE) iCare ran vision screening among thirteen schools in Hulu Selangor and five schools in Shah Alam. The thousand and six hundred children screened included six hundred and ninety-six from the B40 group. Four hundred seventy-five were found to have refractive error and qualified for free spectacles. Eighty-nine percent suffer from myopia (short-sightedness), and twenty-six percent are in the high myopia category.
Present at the launch of MySPINES other than an MBR representative who presented MSU with the University’s latest MBR – ‘The Most Number of Children in an Eye Examination Campaign’ – were industry partners to the project.
Contributing RM1 million to Yayasan MSU is the Malaysia Optical Chamber of Commerce, followed by RM100,000 from Frames ‘N’ Lenses, and RM50,000 from Rhazes Consultancy Sdn Bhd.
The launch event of MSU Myopia Screening, Prevention and Intervention (MySPINES) was sponsored by Kelab Pesona Selangor, Bionics Science Sdn Bhd, Bausch & Lomb Sdn Bhd, and Gabungan PIBG Sekolah Hulu Selangor.
Two hundred students from sixteen schools received a pair of spectacles each.
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MSU Bachelor of Optometry (Hons)
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Management and Science University (MSU) gained a new entry in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) when the University launched the MSU Myopia Screening Prevention and Intervention (MySPINES) – a National Eye Health Study in conjunction with World Sight Day 2022.
With 1,600 eye tests in support of the #LoveYourEyes campaign by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), the MSU contribution counts towards the 5 million tests of global target which has now been exceeded by over 1.8 million in pledges.
Whilst the 'Love Your Eyes' campaign urges people to put their personal eye health first, blindness prevention has been one of twenty-five core research areas at Management and Science University.
Officiating the launch of MySPINES at the MSU Performing Arts Theatre (PAT) was Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid.
“According to a WHO report, at least one billion worldwide suffer from near- or far-sightedness, and 2.5 billion out of 7.7 billion world population are visually impaired; a figure which may reach half the world population in 2050. Blindness prevention is crucial because the cost of visual impairment is USD 441 billion in annual productivity loss,” remarked the MSU president.
Myopia being one of the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness led to the MySPINES initiative by MSU. Teams of researchers and clinicians from MSU’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (FHLS) Department of Optometry and Visual Science (DOVS) and MSU Centre of Excellence (CoE) iCare ran vision screening among thirteen schools in Hulu Selangor and five schools in Shah Alam. The thousand and six hundred children screened included six hundred and ninety-six from the B40 group. Four hundred seventy-five were found to have refractive error and qualified for free spectacles. Eighty-nine percent suffer from myopia (short-sightedness), and twenty-six percent are in the high myopia category.
Present at the launch of MySPINES other than an MBR representative who presented MSU with the University’s latest MBR – ‘The Most Number of Children in an Eye Examination Campaign’ – were industry partners to the project.
Contributing RM1 million to Yayasan MSU is the Malaysia Optical Chamber of Commerce, followed by RM100,000 from Frames ‘N’ Lenses, and RM50,000 from Rhazes Consultancy Sdn Bhd.
The launch event of MSU Myopia Screening, Prevention and Intervention (MySPINES) was sponsored by Kelab Pesona Selangor, Bionics Science Sdn Bhd, Bausch & Lomb Sdn Bhd, and Gabungan PIBG Sekolah Hulu Selangor.
Two hundred students from sixteen schools received a pair of spectacles each.
RELATED
MSU Bachelor of Optometry (Hons)
MSU Diploma in Ophthalmic Dispensing