Table 1. Reporting of the priority indicators from the Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 in a sample of 28 national eye-care plans from low- and middle-income countries.
| Universal eye health priority indicatora | Notes | Anticipated source | No. (%) of plans |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantifying current eye health situation | Citing sources of evidence | Reporting future measurable objective or target | |||
| Prevalence of blindness | Prevalence of visual acuity < 3/60, preferably disaggregated by age and sex | Population-based survey | 26 (93) | 25 (89) | 11 (39) |
| Prevalence of visual impairment | Prevalence of visual acuity < 6/18 ≥ 3/60, preferably disaggregated by age and sex | Population-based survey | 14 (50) | 14 (50) | 2 (7) |
| Causes of blindness | Causes of visual acuity < 3/60, preferably disaggregated by age and sex | Population-based survey | 25 (89) | 23 (82) | 2 (7) |
| Causes of visual impairment | Causes of visual acuity < 6/18 ≤ 3/60, preferably disaggregated by age and sex | Population-based survey | 11 (39) | 11 (39) | NR |
| Cataract surgical rate | Number of surgeries performed per year, per million population | Health information system | 23 (82) | 7 (25) | 18 (64) |
| Cataract surgical coverage | Proportion of individuals with bilateral cataract causing visual impairment who have received cataract surgery on one or both eyes, preferably disaggregated by age, sex, place of residence (urban/rural) and district | Population-based survey | 9 (32) | 6 (21) | 1 (4) |
| Quantity of ophthalmologists | Number of medical doctors certified as ophthalmologists by national institutions based on government-approved certification criteria | Professional register | 23 (82) | 8 (29) | 14 (50) |
| Quantity of optometrists | Number of optometrists certified by national institutions based on government-approved certification criteria | Professional register | 20 (71) | 7 (25) | 11 (39) |
| Quantity of allied ophthalmic personnel | Numbers of allied ophthalmic personnel comprising professional categories, which need to be specified by a reporting Member State | Administrative records: government, nongovernmental, private sector | 18 (64) | 4 (14) | 13 (46) |
NR: not reported.
a From the Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019.8
Notes: Included countries: Afghanistan, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Indonesia, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian State of), Yemen, Zambia.