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Implementing comprehensive eye care (CEC) requires a holistic health system approach. Barriers like resource shortages and economic factors hinder CEC, necessitating system strengthening and technological innovation.

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  • Ophthalmology
  • Health Systems Strengthening

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  • The shift from disease-specific models to comprehensive eye care (CEC) necessitates a health system overhaul.
  • Current health systems often lack integration for prevention, promotion, and rehabilitation of blindness.
  • Existing CEC models face significant implementation challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify barriers to the large-scale implementation of comprehensive eye care (CEC).
  • To highlight the need for a holistic, integrated health system approach to eye care.
  • To propose strategies for overcoming CEC implementation challenges.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on comprehensive eye care models and implementation barriers.
  • Analysis of political, economic, logistic, and social factors affecting eye care delivery.
  • Identification of health system weaknesses in low- and middle-income countries.

Main Results:

  • Major barriers include human resource shortages, funding gaps, limited access to technology, and poor infrastructure.
  • Inadequate integration of primary eye care into national health systems is prevalent.
  • Socioeconomic and demographic factors significantly impact intervention success.

Conclusions:

  • Strengthening health systems is crucial for successful CEC implementation.
  • Leveraging technological innovations can facilitate broader access to eye care.
  • Addressing systemic and socioeconomic barriers is essential for equitable and effective eye care services.