Eye care where there are no ophthalmologists: the Uganda experience
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Date
2020
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Community Eye Health
Abstract
A shortage in human resources for eye health is
a huge problem in many parts of sub-Saharan
Africa, with most countries failing to achieve
the ratio of 4 ophthalmologists per million population
recommended by the World Health Organization in
2006.1,2 Uganda’s population of 40 million is served by
just 40 ophthalmologists (1 per million population),
and half of them work in the capital city, Kampala. This
means that the majority of eye care services in the
country are provided by non-ophthalmologists.
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Eye care, Ophthalmologists
Citation
Magyezi, J., & Arunga, S. (2020). Eye care where there are no ophthalmologists: the Uganda experience. Community Eye Health, 33(110), 48.