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Table 3 VISION 2020 process indicators according to province

From: Health systems analysis of eye care services in Zambia: evaluating progress towards VISION 2020 goals

Province

Share of total pop.* (%)

Monthly per capita income (2010 US $)*

Number of eye health facilities

Eye surgery theatres per million pop.

Spectacles workshops per million pop.

Eye beds per 20,000 pop.

Ophthalmologists per 250,000 pop.

OCOs per 200,000 pop.

ONs per 200,000 pop.

% facilities with eye unit manager

% facilities with technician

Lusaka

13

95

21

2.73

0.91

0.79

0.45

0.64

1.09

19.1

19.0

Copperbelt

15

92

16

2.55

0.05

2.45

0.64

0.82

1.02

6.2

6.2

Northern

13

33

2

0.57

0.00

2.73

0.14

0.11

0.00

0.0

0.0

Eastern

14

30

4

1.76

0.00

5.95

0.15

0.35

0.12

0.0

0.0

Southern

13

57

11

1.24

0.62

8.86

0.47

0.87

0.50

36.4

0.0

Central

11

45

1

0.79

0.00

0.03

0.20

0.16

0.16

0.0

100.0

Luapula

8

28

3

2.09

0.00

0.63

0.26

0.42

0.00

66.7

33.3

Western

7

35

6

2.27

0.00

1.47

0.28

0.91

0.45

0.0

0.0

North-Western

6

48

10

2.83

1.42

1.61

0.35

0.57

0.85

0.0

0.0

Zambia

100

55

74

2.15

0.38

2.98

0.34

0.54

0.51

14.9

10.8

  1. *Source: Living conditions monitoring survey 2006 & 2010 [21].
  2. OCO: Ophthalmic clinical officer.
  3. ON: Ophthalmic nurse.
  4. VISION 2020 target for process indicators = 1 for ratios and 25% for proportions.