Barriers to Use of Refractive Services in Mozambique.

CONCLUSIONS: For a comprehensive public sector refractive service to be successful in Mozambique, those planning its implementation must consider cost and affordability. A clear strategy for overcoming lack of felt need will also be needed, possibly in the form of improved advocacy and health promotion. The delivery of refractive services in more remote rural areas merits careful and comprehensive consideration.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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Source: Rural Remote Health - November 6, 2014 Category: Rural Health Authors: Thompson S, Naidoo K, Gonzalez-Alvarez C, Harris G, MPhil FC, Loughman J Tags: Optom Vis Sci Source Type: research