Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has recently launches eye care campaign to deal with eye problems.
The campaign, which is centered in Uttar Pradesh, is called ‘See Now’ and its aim is to help put an end to avoidable blindness.
The campaign will deploy creative content across five key districts — Unnao, Lucknow, Raebareli, Lakhimpur Kheri and Sitapur — via radio, television, print, social media, Whatsapp and SMS to provide information on eye health, local services and how to access them.
Amitabh Bachchan launches eye care campaign
Amitabh, who himself is a proud wearer of glasses, hopes this will encourage others to wear glasses without any stigma.
T 3196 – A cause most important ; a campaign I endorse .. #seenow @weareseenow .. get your eyes checked before its too late .. @weareseenow
message particular to – Raebareili, Sitapur, Lucknow, Lakhimpur Kheri & Unnao ..🙏🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/hLdfjAMsF4— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 15, 2019
“Vision problems are extremely common in India. The basic lack of understanding and awareness of how eye health works, leads to stigma around simple and easy treatments. People are often not aware of availability in their area of quality eye care services. It really is simple to avoid a lot of different sorts of blindness by preventative care,” Amitabh said in a statement.
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The campaign, funded by The Fred Hollows Foundation and in part by Essilor Vision Foundation, is working in partnership with Sightsavers India and Vision2020 India among others.