Promising progress on eye health in African region, but challenges remain
One in every six blind people globally live in Africa, along with 26 million others grappling with some degree of visual impairment
Despite important progress towards integrating eye health into primary health care services in African countries, a dire shortage of financial resources, combined with the concentration of scarce human resources in urban areas and low community awareness, continues to threaten the gains. One in every six blind people globally live in…