SynthesisMiddle East African journal of ophthalmology
Barriers to Cataract Surgery in Africa: A Systematic Review.
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- Barriers to cataract surgery uptake in Africa: a systematic review.International ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Real-world visual outcomes of cataract surgery based on population-based studies: a systematic review.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2023Pooled it
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- Effectiveness ofBMJ open · 2026Article
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- Respective characteristics and contributions of two cataract surgery delivery models to the eye health national action plan in Rwanda.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Exploring the burden of non-communicable diseases on surgical services in Africa: a comprehensive literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Predictors of time to recovery from cataract surgery among cataract patients at Menelik II Comprehensive Specialized Hospital: a retrospective follow up study.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
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- Translation of the Children's Visual Function Quality of Life instrument from English to Sepedi.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Assessing the cataract surgical rate and gender equity in cataract services in south-east Nigeria.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Decline in unmet needs for cataract surgery among the ageing population in India: findings from LASI, wave-1.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
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- Differences in need for and access to eye health services between older people with and without disability: A cross-sectional survey in four districts of northern Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Alternative community-led intervention to improve uptake of cataract surgery services in rural Tanzania-The Dodoma Community Cataract Acceptance Trial (DoCCAT): a protocol for intervention co-designing and implementation in a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Biology methods & protocols · 2024Article
- Retrospective analysis of cataract surgery outcomes in China from 2009 to 2018: from a national registry system data.BMJ open · 2023Observational
- Cataract services for all: Strategies for equitable access from a global modified Delphi process.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Cataract Surgery in Low-Income Countries: A Good Deal!Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effective cataract surgical coverage in adults aged 50 years and older: estimates from population-based surveys in 55 countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cataract remains the leading cause of blindness in Africa. We performed a systematic literature search of articles reporting barriers to cataract surgery in Africa. PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched with the terms "barriers, cataract, Africa, cataract surgery, cataract surgical coverage (CSC), and rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB)." The review covered from 1999 to 2014. In RAAB studies, barriers related to awareness and access were more commonly reported than acceptance. Other type of studies reported cost as the most common barrier. Some qualitative studies tended to report community and family dynamics as barriers to cataract surgery. CSC was lower in females in 88.2% of the studies. The variability in outcomes of studies of barriers to cataract surgery could be due to context and the type of data collection. It is likely that qualitative data will provide a deeper understanding of the complex social, family, community, financial and gender issues relating to barriers to uptake of cataract surgery in Africa.
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