ABSTRACT
India has the largest magnitude of blindness and visual impairment in the world, in numbers disproportionate to its proportion of global populations. The country presently has sub-health centres manned by two health workers for every 5,000 population in plains and 3,000 population in hilly/tribal/desert areas, primary health centres (PHCs) with a doctor and other paramedical staff for every 30,000 population in plains and 20,000 population in hilly/tribal/desert areas, community health centres/first referral units (CHCs/FRUs) for every 120,000 population, and district and sub‐district hospitals (DHs and SDHs) to provide eye care to the community. There is an urgent need to work towards balancing the inequality in terms of health workforce and services to ensure a more equitable distribution of health resources.
