Changing trends of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgery in Bhutan: 2009–2018

• Nor Tshering Lepcha ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nor Tshering Lepcha, Indra Prasad Sharma

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ntlepcha@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, JDW National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-3860

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• Indra Prasad Sharma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nor Tshering Lepcha, Indra Prasad Sharma

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, JDW National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, South East Asia Regional Office, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6050-787X

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• Taraprasad Das ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, South East Asia Region, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, L V Prasad Marg, Hyderabad, India

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• Tshering Phuntsho,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, JDW National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Ngawang Tenzin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, JDW National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Bindiganavale Ramaswamy Shamanna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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• Sonam Peldon

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Primary Eye Care Program, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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