Title |
Mapping human resources for eye health in 21 countries of sub-Saharan Africa: current progress towards VISION 2020
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Published in |
Human Resources for Health, August 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-12-44 |
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Authors |
Jennifer J Palmer, Farai Chinanayi, Alice Gilbert, Devan Pillay, Samantha Fox, Jyoti Jaggernath, Kovin Naidoo, Ronnie Graham, Daksha Patel, Karl Blanchet |
Abstract |
Development of human resources for eye health (HReH) is a major focus of the Global Action Plan 2014 to 2019 to reduce the prevalence of avoidable visual impairment by 25% by the year 2019. The eye health workforce is thought to be much smaller in sub-Saharan Africa than in other regions of the world but data to support this for policy-making is scarce. We collected HReH and cataract surgeries data from 21 countries in sub-Sahara to estimate progress towards key suggested population-based VISION 2020 HReH indicators and cataract surgery rates (CSR) in 2011. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
Thailand | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 228 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 48 | 21% |
Student > Postgraduate | 28 | 12% |
Researcher | 25 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 9% |
Other | 12 | 5% |
Other | 44 | 19% |
Unknown | 53 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 104 | 45% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 13% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 3% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Arts and Humanities | 3 | 1% |
Other | 25 | 11% |
Unknown | 55 | 24% |