Foster A
Ophthalmic Surg. 1987 May;18(5):384-8.
Of the estimated 17 million blind from cataract in the world, two to three million live in Africa, where manpower and material resources are inadequate to meet the increasing backlog of treatable blindness. The training of primary health care workers to screen rural Africans for cataract, and of eye auxiliaries and general doctors to select patients and perform surgery, is essential. Motivation for surgery will increase if eye services are made more accessible and reliable. This requires more motivated trained staff and appropriately equipped static eye facilities.
全球估计有1700万白内障致盲患者，其中200万至300万生活在非洲，当地人力和物力资源不足以应对日益积压的可治疗盲症患者。培训初级卫生保健人员对非洲农村居民进行白内障筛查，培训眼科辅助人员和全科医生挑选患者并实施手术，这至关重要。如果眼科服务更易获得且更可靠，手术的积极性将会提高。这需要更多积极性高的训练有素的工作人员以及配备适当的固定眼科设施。
