National Myopia Week – 14 to 20 November 2025

Dr Mahipal Singh Sachdev, Chairman & Managing Director, Centre For Sight Group of Eye Hospitals

On the occasion of National Myopia Week, Centre for Sight Group of Eye Hospitals, highlighted the rising burden of Myopia, which has become one of the fastest-growing global eye-health challenges, affecting an increasing number of children and young adults. Over the past few decades, its prevalence has risen sharply—driven by lifestyle factors such as prolonged screen exposure, reduced outdoor time, intense near-work demands and academic pressures, myopia is being detected at younger ages and progressing more rapidly than ever before.

Eye-care experts around the world are sounding the alarm about the rapid rise in myopia and emphasize that the rea

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