Table 4.

Summary of the reported barriers to service provision, from the interviewed optometrists’ and ophthalmologists’ point of view

Theme	Sub-theme	Frequency (n)
Human resource and management	Human resource	8
	Lack of training of service providers	9
	Lack of proper administration/management	4
Infrastructure	Equipment	6
	Allocated space for refraction unit	2
Spectacles	Availability of spectacles	1
	Cost of spectacles/services	8
Community	Poverty	1
	Lack of awareness	8

n = number of responses