{"id":1021,"date":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7a7df05b52dab8495fdeb023c7d876bd1135a5b7.helpmesee.org\/solving-the-public-health-crisis-of-blindness-in-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:05:26","slug":"solving-the-public-health-crisis-of-blindness-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/fr\/solving-the-public-health-crisis-of-blindness-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e9soudre la crise de sant\u00e9 publique de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 en Am\u00e9rique latine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1021\" class=\"elementor elementor-1021\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5621d854 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5621d854\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546fbcc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"546fbcc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular\"><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\"><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- divi:paragraph --><\/p><p>HelpMeSee is placing an <a href=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/fr\/simulation-based-training\/\">Simulateur de chirurgie oculaire<\/a> to the Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmolog\u00eda (IMO) a charitable hospital in Queretaro, Mexico dedicated to providing high-quality eye care at a low cost. Please help us support IMO and other HelpMeSee training partner programs by donating here:<\/p><p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_button_alignment_tablet_left et_pb_module\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.helpmesee.org\/give\/\">Faire un don \u00e0 HelpMeSee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- divi:paragraph --><\/p><ul><li>La pr\u00e9valence de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 par cataracte en Am\u00e9rique latine, comme ailleurs, est un probl\u00e8me de pauvret\u00e9 et d'in\u00e9galit\u00e9 des soins.<\/li><li>Queretaro, un \u00c9tat mexicain \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie forte, avait un taux de couverture \u00e9lev\u00e9 de 91,7% pour les personnes atteintes d'une cataracte entra\u00eenant une d\u00e9ficience visuelle grave, alors que le Chiapas, un \u00c9tat plus pauvre du sud, avait un taux de chirurgie de la cataracte de seulement 69%.<\/li><li>Les r\u00e9sultats, c'est-\u00e0-dire la qualit\u00e9 de la vision apr\u00e8s une op\u00e9ration de la cataracte, sont une autre question. De bons r\u00e9sultats en mati\u00e8re de cataracte signifient que moins de 10% des cas devraient pr\u00e9senter une \"d\u00e9ficience visuelle s\u00e9v\u00e8re\" lors de la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration. Dans certains pays d'Am\u00e9rique latine, ce chiffre est de 23%.<\/li><li>Si l'on consid\u00e8re le vieillissement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la population, cette situation, en Am\u00e9rique latine comme dans le reste du monde, ne fera que s'aggraver.<\/li><li>Si le probl\u00e8me de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 due \u00e0 la cataracte peut sembler redoutable, la plupart des experts s'accordent sur la solution : plus de formation ax\u00e9e sur l'augmentation de la productivit\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations de la cataracte tout en am\u00e9liorant les r\u00e9sultats.<\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0 clearfix et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_testimonial_no_image\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\" style=\"background-image: url(;\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\" style=\"margin-left: 180px;\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><!-- divi:paragraph --><\/p><p><em>\u201cWe believe in Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (<a href=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/fr\/msics-course\/\">MSICS<\/a>) and fully support the training of this technique to address the backlog of those blind due to untreated cataracts in Latin America and elsewhere. MSICS delivers excellent results. It can be performed in large numbers and is well-suited for treating the poor.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><p><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_author\">Dr. Karla Pamela Gonzalez-Daher<\/span><\/p><p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_position\">Anterior Segment Surgeon &amp; Head of Online Education Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmologia<\/span><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_separator\">,<\/span> <span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_company\">OMI, Quer\u00e9taro - Mexique<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>La pr\u00e9valence de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 par cataracte en Am\u00e9rique latine, comme ailleurs, est un probl\u00e8me de pauvret\u00e9 et d'in\u00e9galit\u00e9 des soins. Le Mexique est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un pays \u00e0 revenu moyen, mais sa prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 est in\u00e9gale. Avec une population de plus de 125 millions d'habitants, la moiti\u00e9 vit dans la pauvret\u00e9 et jusqu'\u00e0 un cinqui\u00e8me n'a pas acc\u00e8s aux soins de sant\u00e9. En raison de cette disparit\u00e9, beaucoup de ceux qui ont besoin d'un traitement ophtalmologique d\u00e9pendent d'h\u00f4pitaux caritatifs comme l'Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmologia (Institut mexicain d'ophtalmologie ou IMO), situ\u00e9 \u00e0 Queretaro.<\/p><p>Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en 2010 dans les \u00c9tats mexicains de Queretaro et de Chiapas met en \u00e9vidence ce d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre des soins. Queretaro est l'un des \u00c9tats \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie la plus forte du Mexique. Le Chiapas, dans le sud, est plus pauvre. La moiti\u00e9 de la population du Chiapas vit de l'agriculture de subsistance. Les r\u00e9sultats ont conclu que l'incidence de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 est deux fois et demie plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e \u00e0 Chiapas qu'\u00e0 Queretaro. De m\u00eame, Queretaro a un taux de couverture \u00e9lev\u00e9 de 91,7% pour les patients atteints de cataracte entra\u00eenant une d\u00e9ficience visuelle grave, alors qu'au Chiapas, seuls 69% des patients dans la m\u00eame situation re\u00e7oivent un traitement. En r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, les r\u00e9gions les plus grandes et les plus riches disposent d'un nombre suffisant de chirurgiens de la cataracte, ce qui n'est pas le cas des r\u00e9gions rurales moins riches. Ce sc\u00e9nario se reproduit dans d'autres pays, comme le montre une \u00e9tude de 2014 qui a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que la couverture de la chirurgie de la cataracte variait consid\u00e9rablement. L'Uruguay traite 77% de ses cas de cataracte, mais le Salvador n'en traite que 15%.<\/p><p>Il n'y a pas que des mauvaises nouvelles. Dans cette m\u00eame \u00e9tude de 2014, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 constat\u00e9 que des progr\u00e8s avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s au cours de la d\u00e9cennie pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente, de 2004 \u00e0 2015. Le taux de chirurgie de la cataracte (CSR), d\u00e9fini comme le nombre d'op\u00e9rations de la cataracte r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par an pour chaque million d'habitants pour l'ensemble de l'Am\u00e9rique latine, est pass\u00e9 de 1 562 \u00e0 2 672, ce qui repr\u00e9sente une croissance impressionnante de 70%. L'Organisation mondiale de la sant\u00e9 sugg\u00e8re un RSC soutenu de 3 000 \u00e0 5 000 pour \u00e9liminer la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 due \u00e0 la cataracte. En ce qui concerne le nombre total d'ophtalmologistes par million d'habitants, le chiffre pour l'Am\u00e9rique latine est de 62. Ce chiffre n'est pas le plus mauvais au regard des normes mondiales, mais il est plus faible et plus s\u00fbr.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\"><p><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3826\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION.png\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1125px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION.png 1125w, https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION-980x544.png 980w, https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION-480x266.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Les r\u00e9sultats, c'est-\u00e0-dire la qualit\u00e9 de la vision apr\u00e8s une op\u00e9ration de la cataracte, sont une autre question. De bons r\u00e9sultats pour la cataracte signifient que moins de 10% des cas devraient pr\u00e9senter une \"d\u00e9ficience visuelle s\u00e9v\u00e8re\" lors de la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration. Dans un pays, des r\u00e9sultats inf\u00e9rieurs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rapport\u00e9s \u00e0 15% et dans un autre \u00e0 23%.<\/p><p>Si l'on consid\u00e8re le vieillissement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la population, cette situation ne fera qu'empirer. Dans l'\u00c9tat d'origine de l'OMI, Queretaro, le nombre de personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es de 50 ans ou plus augmentera de 24% entre 2010 et 2030.<\/p><p>Si le probl\u00e8me de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 due \u00e0 la cataracte peut sembler redoutable, la plupart des experts s'accordent sur la solution : davantage de formation ax\u00e9e sur l'augmentation de la productivit\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations de la cataracte tout en am\u00e9liorant les r\u00e9sultats. En outre, un mod\u00e8le de soins ophtalmologiques performant comprend un programme de soins complet qui englobe un centre de formation. Pour r\u00e9soudre le probl\u00e8me de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 due \u00e0 la cataracte, les institutions telles que l'OMI doivent se concentrer sur les \u00e9chelles \u00e9conomiques afin de maintenir la durabilit\u00e9 et de garantir des soins ophtalmologiques abordables pour tous.  C'est pourquoi HelpMeSee pr\u00e9voit d'installer l'un de nos simulateurs de chirurgie oculaire \u00e0 l'OMI.<\/p><p>La chirurgie est le seul moyen de gu\u00e9rir la cataracte. La r\u00e9duction du nombre de personnes aveugles ou gravement malvoyantes permettra d'am\u00e9liorer la sant\u00e9 des populations, de r\u00e9duire les co\u00fbts globaux des soins de sant\u00e9, d'\u00e9conomiser les budgets de sant\u00e9 pour d'autres projets essentiels et d'am\u00e9liorer les perspectives \u00e9conomiques des individus et des \u00e9conomies en permettant aux gens de travailler.<\/p><p>Soutenir une op\u00e9ration de la cataracte ou m\u00eame quelques-unes est un effort admirable, mais former des chirurgiens de la cataracte suppl\u00e9mentaires pour rem\u00e9dier aux p\u00e9nuries en Am\u00e9rique latine et ailleurs dans le monde est une solution durable qui peut aider des centaines de personnes. L'utilisation d'une technique chirurgicale rentable et productive comme la MSICS est le seul moyen efficace de r\u00e9soudre cette crise de sant\u00e9 publique.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HelpMeSee is placing an Eye Surgery Simulator to the Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmolog\u00eda (IMO) a charitable hospital in Queretaro, Mexico dedicated to providing high-quality eye care at a low cost. 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