Prevalence rate of blindness in Mauritania
1.5% of the population, or 40,000 new cases per year.Main eye diseases in Mauritania
- Cataract
- Trachoma and corneal ulcers
- Glaucoma
Medical statistics
- Number of doctors: 250 (1/10,000 inhabitants)
- Number of ophthalmologists: 7 (1/400,000 inhabitants)
- Number of ophthalmologic establishments: 4 (no establishment in the interior)
- Average consultation fee: 2,000 UM
- Average surgical intervention fee: 40,000 UM
- Average fee for a foreign surgical mission: 250,000 UM (1,000 $)
Standard of living and access to healthcare
- Poverty threshold: 43,708 UM/head/year (stat. 1996)
- Extreme poverty index: 32.6%
Medical equipment and possibility of surgical intervention
- Number of equipped establishments: 4
- Type of operations possible in Mauritania: 95% of blindness-related interventions