Barriers and incentives for conducting research amongst the ophthalmologists in Sub-Sahara Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research is a critical component amongst the strategies to improve health outcomes of any country. The role of research assumes greater importance in Africa as it carries a larger share of the global burden of diseases, blindness, and low vision. "Vision 2020- the Right to Sight" is a WHO-IAPB collaborated initiative aiming to eliminate preventable blindness by the year 2020. High quality research in eye care is imperative for the initiative to succeed, however, there is a dearth of research in eye care in sub-Saharan Africa in general and specifically in the Eastern, Central, and Southern African (ECSA) region. Identifying the barriers that hamper research in this region is an important step towards the elimination of preventable blindness.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Dhalla KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198941 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature