Diabetic retinopathy service delivery and integration into the health system in Pakistan—Findings from a multicentre qualitative study

Stevens Bechange; Anne Roca; Elena Schmidt; Munazza Gillani; Leena Ahmed; Robina Iqbal; Imran Nazir; Anna Ruddock; Muhammed Bilal; Itfaq Khaliq Khan; Sandeep Buttan; Emma Jolley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260936

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Diabetic retinopathy service delivery and integration into the health system in Pakistan—Findings from a multicentre qualitative study

Stevens Bechange ,

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

* E-mail: sbechange@sightsavers.org

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1125-9993

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Anne Roca,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Policy and Programme Strategy, Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
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Elena Schmidt,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Policy and Programme Strategy, Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
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Munazza Gillani,

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

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Leena Ahmed,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Robina Iqbal,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Imran Nazir,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Anna Ruddock,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Policy and Programme Strategy, Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
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Muhammed Bilal,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Itfaq Khaliq Khan,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Sandeep Buttan,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers India Country Office, New Delhi, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2119-7493

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Emma Jolley

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Policy and Programme Strategy, Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
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Diabetic retinopathy service delivery and integration into the health system in Pakistan—Findings from a multicentre qualitative study

Stevens Bechange,
Anne Roca,
Elena Schmidt,
Munazza Gillani,
Leena Ahmed,
Robina Iqbal,
Imran Nazir,
Anna Ruddock,
Muhammed Bilal,
Itfaq Khaliq Khan

Published: December 15, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260936

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