Comm Eye Health Vol. 35 No. 116 2022. Published online 16 December, 2022
Improving cataract services
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Unoperated cataract remains the leading cause of blindness and moderate to severe visual impairment worldwide, affecting 94 million people globally. Addressing this urgent need requires a coordinated effort by everyone in the eye team to provide a patient-centred service, increase access to cataract surgery, and improve visual outcomes after surgery. A balanced approach to outcome, output, and outlay – as well as a focus on partnerships – is key, and this issue of the journal offers some helpful pointers and examples.
Articles in this issue –
- Improving cataract services: better access, better outcomes, better value
- Improving cataract services by asking patients for their feedback
- Increasing cataract surgical output: my experience at Sabatia Eye Hospital, 2005–2011
- Measuring cataract outcomes
- Growing our eye care service: the story of Visualiza Eye Care System
- Increasing demand for cataract surgery: lessons from a systematic review
- High-volume cataract surgery in Lahan, Nepal
- Reducing the costs per patient by increasing the volume of cataract surgery
- Using a quality improvement process to improve cataract outcomes
- Picture quiz
- Addressing the gender-specific barriers to cataract surgical services for women: evidence from Nepal
- No one left behind: how Colombia is adapting its trachoma programme to reach indigenous populations
- Improving cataract output in India: a joined-up approach