{"id":87644,"date":"2026-04-30T20:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/study-world-not-on-track-to-meet-cataract-surgery-goal-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:18:45","slug":"study-world-not-on-track-to-meet-cataract-surgery-goal-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/study-world-not-on-track-to-meet-cataract-surgery-goal-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: World \u2018not on track\u2019 to meet cataract surgery goal by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"ArticleContent\">\n<div class=\"article__below-title\">\n<div class=\" article__posted-date\">\n<p>April 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>1 min read<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-trust-box\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 d-xl-none\">\n<div class=\"trust-box\">\n<div class=\"trust-box-logo d-none d-md-block\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/h5\/feature\/news\/publogos\/pcon.svg?la=en&amp;h=28&amp;w=180&amp;hash=9F02AF9127CF86DF7E84A3BCB257547E\" class=\"logo-img\" height=\"28\" alt=\"primary care optometry news logo\" width=\"180\"\/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 offset-md-1 offset-xl-0 col-xl-12\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n  <hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n  <hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\">&#13;<br \/>\n        <i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        Add topic to email alerts&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/span>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse u9962cfa17a3b4fc4854f01f4f5a22e1e\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n          Receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\n          Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8220;&#13;<br \/>\n              data-action=&#8221;subscribe&#8221;&gt;&#13;<br \/>\n        Subscribe&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\">    <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><button data-dismiss=\"modal\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block\">Back to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Key takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective cataract surgical coverage ranged from 2.1% in Burundi in 2024 to 77.7% in Qatar in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Coverage was estimated to grow to 52.3% by 2030, falling short of a World Health Assembly goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Efforts to meet the need for cataract surgery around the world \u201care not on track\u201d to reach goals established for 2030, according to an analysis published in <i>The Lancet Global Health<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Across the world, effective cataract surgical coverage was forecasted to grow by about 8.4 percentage points between 2020 and 2030 \u2014 short of the 30 percentage point goal set at the 74th World Health Assembly in 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure article__og-image\">&#13;\n    <picture>&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/ophthalmology\/misc\/stock-art\/refractive-surgery_1.webp?w=476\" media=\"(max-width: 768px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/ophthalmology\/misc\/stock-art\/refractive-surgery_1.webp?w=800\" media=\"(max-width: 992px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/ophthalmology\/misc\/stock-art\/refractive-surgery_1.webp?w=595\" media=\"(max-width: 1200px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/ophthalmology\/misc\/stock-art\/refractive-surgery_1.webp?w=476\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/ophthalmology\/misc\/stock-art\/refractive-surgery_1.webp?w=476\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/ophthalmology\/misc\/stock-art\/refractive-surgery_1.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"Eye surgery being performed\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" width=\"800\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>&#13;<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">&#13;<br \/>\n      Efforts to meet the need for cataract surgery around the world \u201care not on track\u201d to meet goals established for 2030. <i>Image: Adobe Stock<\/i>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCataract surgery can be a highly cost-effective intervention to restore vision, improve quality of life and reduce poverty,\u201d study author <b>Ian McCormick<\/b><b>, <\/b><b>PhD<\/b><b>,<\/b> of the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine, and colleagues wrote. \u201cHowever, equitable access to affordable, good-quality cataract services remains an aspiration in many countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using the Global Vision Database, McCormick and colleagues analyzed population-based surveys on vision and eye health from 68 countries. The analysis included 233 surveys conducted from 2003 to 2024, 96% of which were standardized Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness surveys.<\/p>\n<p>Effective cataract surgical coverage was defined as the number of people who had surgery with postoperative visual acuity of 6\/18 or better divided by the number of people who need or underwent cataract surgery.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results, estimates of effective cataract surgical coverage ranged from 2.1% in Burundi in 2024 to 77.7% in Qatar in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers estimated that, globally, effective cataract surgical coverage grew from 28.2% to 43.9% from 2000 to 2020, reaching 48.2% in 2025. 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