ReviewThe Lancet. Global health2021
Keeping an eye on eye care: monitoring progress towards effective coverage.
Review in The Lancet. Global health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and Enablers to Seeking Eye Care Among the Adult Indian Population: A Systematic Review.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Pooled it
- Regional disparities in effective cataract surgical coverage and relative quality gap in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026Pooled it
- Effective coverage measurements and cascade for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in high-income countries: systematic review.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy and safety of all kinds of intraocular lenses in presbyopia-correcting cataract surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Pooled it
- Visible expansion, fragile effective coverage: Using repeated eye health system assessments to interpret limited change in eye health outcomes in Sierra Leone, 2013-2025.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Postoperative visual acuity: an appropriate measure of cataract surgical failure, but no longer for success?Eye (London, England) · 2026Article
- Barriers to access to ophthalmology services in Latin America: A Scoping review.Eye (London, England) · 2026Article
- Refractive Error Coverage and Related Sociodemographic Factors: A Study of 1.1 Million Students in Schools of Hubei Province, China.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
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- Effective Cataract Surgery Coverage and Potential Influencing Factors for Adults in Fujian, Southeast of China: Fujian Eye Study.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- From national strategy to local implementation: a policy analysis of eye health integration and financing in Kenya's devolved health system.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Thirty-year changes in burden for refraction disorders in China, Japan, Korea and Singapore: a jointly prevention perspective analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Effective cataract surgical and refractive error coverages in the state of Qatar.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Changing patterns in cataract surgery indications, outcomes, and costs, 2012-2023: a retrospective study at Aravind Eye Hospitals, India.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Artificial intelligence applications facilitate decision-making in cataract surgery for highly myopic patients.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
- Improving the refractive outcomes of cataract surgery.Community eye health · 2025Article
- Public health implications of delayed diagnosis and treatment of optic neuritis in low-resource settings: a retrospective study of visual recovery outcomes.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The eye care sector is well positioned to contribute to the advancement of universal health coverage within countries. Given the large unmet need for care associated with cataract and refractive error, coupled with the fact that highly cost-effective interventions exist, we propose that effective cataract surgery coverage (eCSC) and effective refractive error coverage (eREC) serve as ideal indicators to track progress in the uptake and quality of eye care services at the global level, and to monitor progress towards universal health coverage in general. Global targets for 2030 for these two indicators were endorsed by WHO Member States at the 74th World Health Assembly in May, 2021. To develop consensus on the data requirements and methods of calculating eCSC and eREC, WHO convened a series of expert consultations to make recommendations for standardising the definitions and measurement approaches for eCSC and eREC and to identify areas in which future work is required.
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