Comm Eye Health South Asia Vol. 31 No. 102 2018 pp S01 - S04. Published online 01 November 2018.
Figure 1 above and Table 1, show the general inequity in the availability of ophthalmologists across world regions, for example, it highlights the severe resource challenge in South Asia–second only to Sub-Saharan Africa.
The annual output of cataract surgeries per ophthalmologists in Nepal is much higher than its neighbouring countries. In Nepal all primary eye care and refraction services are performed by either optometrists or ophthalmic assistants. All countries except Maldives has training capacity for all cadres of eye health human resources. Given their very small population, Bhutan and Maldives do not have subspecialty fellowship training nor such services.