Assessing the Progress towards Achieving “VISION 2020: The Right to Sight” Initiative in Ghana

Table 3

List of essential equipment available in the surveyed facilities.

Category of equipment	Listed equipment	Type of facility
		Tertiary ()	Regional ()	Metro ()	Mun/Dist ()	CHAG ()
Refraction	Autorefractor	1	2	4	3	3
	Lensometer	2	4	6	6	6
	Streak retinoscope	3	4	4	10	8
	Test type (distance)	3	6	13	23	15
	Test type (near)	3	6	12	23	15
	Trail frame	3	6	13	22	15
	Trial lens set	3	6	14	22	15
Cataract surgery	A-scan	1	1	1	0	1
	Applanation tonometer	2	6	8	11	11
	Autorefractor	1	2	4	3	3
	Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope	2	5	4	2	3
	Cataract surgical set	2	5	6	10	8
	Direct ophthalmoscope	3	6	14	25	14
	Gonio lens	2	1	2	0	2
	Head loupe	3	3	9	17	7
	Keratometer	2	1	2	2	4
	Operating microscope	3	5	3	6	6
	Slit lamp biomicroscope	3	6	11	13	12
Glaucoma screening, surgery and follow-up	A-scan	1	1	1	0	1
	Applanation tonometer	2	6	8	11	11
	ARGON laser	0	0	0	0	1
	Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope	2	5	4	2	3
	Direct ophthalmoscope	3	6	14	25	14
	Fundus camera	0	1	0	0	0
	Fundus lens	2	1	4	3	4
	Glaucoma set	1	1	3	1	3
	Gonio lens	2	1	2	0	2
	OCT	0	0	0	0	1
	Schiotz tonometer	2	3	10	13	7
	Slit lamp biomicroscope	3	4	11	13	12
	Visual field analyser	1	3	2	0	2
	YAG laser	1	1	0	0	2
Diabetic retinopathy screening	ARGON laser	0	0	0	0	1
	Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope	2	5	4	2	3
	Direct ophthalmoscope	3	6	14	25	14
	Fundus camera	1	1	0	0	0
	OCT	0	0	0	0	1
	Visual field analyser	1	3	2	0	2
	YAG laser	1	1	0	0	2

n: total number of facilities at each level.