Background There is increasing evidence that lack of facilities, equipment, and expertise in
district hospitals across many low-and middle-income countries constitutes a major barrier to …

Objective To calculate the cost-effectiveness of tension-free inguinal hernia repair with
mosquito net mesh in the Western Region of Ghana. Design Prospective study. Setting Four …

Understanding Health systems have now become the priority focus of researchers and
policy makers, who have progressively moved away from a project-centred perspectives …

Background The travel distance from home to a treatment centre, which may impact the
stage at diagnosis, has not been investigated for retinoblastoma, the most common …

The Report for the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care intends to serve as a
reference point to commence monitoring progress towards the 2030 global targets that were …

Achieving universal coverage in eye care remains a tremendous challenge as 226 million
people in the world remain visually impaired, the majority from avoidable causes. The …

Aims: To identify the reasons for poor uptake of cataract surgery in a program of outreach
screening and low-cost surgery in Pucheng County, a rural area in northwestern China …

Purpose: Poverty can be a cause and consequence of blindness. Some causes only affect
the poorest communities (eg trachoma), and poor individuals are less likely to access …

Background Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery is provided free or subsidised in most
trachoma endemic settings. However, only 18–66% of TT patients attend for surgery. This …

PURPOSE: To identify effective methods to increase the number of cataract surgeries in a
rural setting in Pucheng County of Shaanxi Province, northwestern China. DESIGN …