Refractive survey shows that:

If the current provision of refractive services were left to optometrists alone;

With the current optometrist/patient ratio in place and fully functional;

Working at at the current pace of 8 hours per day 6 days per week, and two patients per hour,it would take about 49 years for each and every Tanzanian to have eyes checked.

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