Summary of recommendations for quality of care in cataract surgery management

The Summary of recommendations for quality of care in cataract surgery management, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides practical, evidence-based and expert-agreed recommendations for improving the quality of cataract surgery across the three main phases of cataract surgery management: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative.  

As part of WHO’s broader efforts to strengthen eye health systems, this resource contributes to achieving the global target of increasing effective coverage of cataract surgery by 30-percentage points by 2030. This document serves as a resource to support Member States when planning for establishing or expanding coverage of high-quality cataract services. The set of recommendations presented in this document are drawn from published evidence; they reflect the current existing clinical practice guidelines and are practical and applicable. 

The target audience for this resource includes governments involved in planning for the delivery of quality eye care services. Other potential end-users include: i) policy-makers and health-care planners document to plan for quality cataract surgery services at national and subnational levels; ii) eye care service providers to put into action the recommendations on a facility level; iii) eye care and allied health professionals to verify or align the care provided with standardized, evidence-based clinical care; and iv) donors and development agencies when supporting cataract services provision in low- and intermediate-resource settings.