Persons Associated with Visual Impairment (PAVI)
PREVALENCE OF BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AMONG ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO • Estimated number of adults who are functionally blind (1% of the total population i.e. 1% of 1,227,505) = 12,275• Estimated number of adults with low vision (3% of the total population, i.e. 3% of 1,277,595) = 36,825• Estimated number of children who are functionally blind (1 in every thousand children of school age) = 239• Estimated number of children with low vision (3 in every thousand children of school age) = 717 [Population – http://indexmundi/trinidad_and tobago/demographics_profile.html] HISTORY OF PAVI Persons Associated with Visual Impairment (PAVI) was established on October 26,1995 and …