Global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error
TR Fricke, BA Holden, DA Wilson, G Schlenther, KS Naidoo, S Resnikoff & KD Frick
Volume 90, Number 10, October 2012, 728-738
Table 2. Data sources for capital and running costs associated with educating refractive care practitioners, worldwide, 2006–2010
| Country | Data source |
|---|---|
| Australia | Queensland University of Technology (vision science and optometry tuition fees), plus Australian Optometry (October 2009) |
| Cambodia | International Centre for Eyecare Education Cambodia project budgets (2010) |
| Canada | University of Waterloo (optometry tuition fees, 2009) |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Polytechnic University (optometry tuition fees, 2009) |
| Fiji | Pacific Eye Institute (course fees) and John Szeto, personal communication (2009) |
| Indonesia | Cheni Lee, personal communication (2009) |
| Malawi | Malawi School of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal (optometry tuition fees, 2010) |
| Malaysia | National University of Malaysia (2009) |
| Mozambique | Irish Aid grant for Mozambique School of Optometry (2010) |
| Nepal | Prakash Paudel, personal communication (10 February 2009) |
| Nigeria | University of Benin (optometry tuition fees, 2010) |
| Papua New Guinea | Divine Word University (postgraduate diploma in eye care for nurses course fees, 2010) |
| Peru | Guillermo Carrillo (International Association of Contact Lens Educators Latin America coordinator), personal communication, 27 July 2009 |
| Singapore | Singapore Polytechnic (optometry tuition fees, 2009) |
| Sri Lanka | International Centre for Eyecare Education Sri Lanka project budgets (2008) |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Tumaini University (health science tuition fees, 2010) |
| United States of America | United States Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry ( |
| Viet Nam | International Centre for Eyecare Education Viet Nam project budgets (2010) |