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Table 3 Summary of LMICs with and without DM and DR plans, strategies or policies and existing national DESPs

From: Inclusion of diabetic retinopathy screening strategies in national-level diabetes care planning in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Country income level

Country name

Status of development of a national-level DR policy (agenda-setting, policy formulation, policy implementation, evaluation)

Level of DESP implementation (no DESP, partially implemented, national DESP)

Low-income countries (n = 29)

Afghanistan

No data identified

No data identified

Burkina Faso

No data identified

No data identified

Burundi

No data identified

No data identified

Central Africa

No data identified

No data identified

Chad

No data identified

No data identified

Congo, Democratic Republic of

No data identified

No data identified

Eritrea

No data identified

No data identified

Ethiopia

No data identified

No data identified

Gambia

No data identified

No data identified

Guinea

No data identified

No data identified

Guinea-Bissau

No data identified

No data identified

Haiti

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

No data identified

No data identified

Liberia

No data identified

No data identified

Madagascar

No data identified

No data identified

Malawi

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Mali

No data identified

No data identified

Mozambique

No data identified

No data identified

Niger

No data identified

No data identified

Rwanda

No data identified

No data identified

Sierra Leone

No data identified

No data identified

Somalia

No data identified

No data identified

South Sudan

No data identified

No data identified

Sudan

No data identified

No data identified

Syrian Arab Republic

No data identified

No data identified

Tajikistan

No data identified

No data identified

Togo

No data identified

No data identified

Uganda

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Yemen, Republic of

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No DESP

Lower-middle-income countries (n = 50)

Angola

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Algeria

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Bangladesh

Agenda-setting (later stage)

Partially implemented

Benin

No data identified

No data identified

Bhutan

No data identified

No data identified

Bolivia

No data identified

No data identified

Cape Verde

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Cambodia

No data identified

No data identified

Cameroon

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

Comoros

No data identified

No data identified

Congo, Republic of

Policy formulation

National DESP

Côte d'Ivoire

No data identified

No data identified

Djibouti

No data identified

No data identified

Egypt

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

El Salvador

No data identified

No data identified

Eswatini

No data identified

No data identified

Ghana

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Honduras

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

India

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Kenya

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Kiribati

Policy formulation

No DESP

Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)

No data identified

No data identified

Lesotho

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Mauritania

No data identified

No data identified

Micronesia, Federated States of

No data identified

No data identified

Moldova

No data identified

No data identified

Mongolia

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Morocco

No data identified

No data identified

Myanmar

No data identified

No data identified

Nepal

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Nicaragua

No data identified

No data identified

Nigeria

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Pakistan

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Papua New Guinea

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No data identified

Philippines

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

São Tomé and Principe

No data identified

No data identified

Senegal

No data identified

No data identified

Solomon Islands

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Sri Lanka

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Tanzania

Agenda-setting (later stage)

Partially implemented

Timor-Leste

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No data identified

Tunisia

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Ukraine

No data identified

No data identified

Uzbekistan

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Vanuatu

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Vietnam

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

West Bank and Gaza (Palestine)

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Zambia

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Zimbabwe

No data identified

No data identified

Upper-middle-income countries (n = 58)

Albania

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

American Samoa

No data identified

No data identified

Argentina

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

Armenia

No data identified

No data identified

Azerbaijan

No data identified

No data identified

Belarus

No data identified

No data identified

Belize

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Botswana

No data identified

National DESP

Brazil

Policy formulation

National DESP

Bulgaria

No data identified

No data identified

China

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Colombia

No data identified

No data identified

Costa Rica

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Cuba

No data identified

No data identified

Dominica

No data identified

No data identified

Dominican Republic

No data identified

No data identified

Equatorial Guinea

No data identified

No data identified

Ecuador

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Fiji

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Gabon

No data identified

No data identified

Georgia

No data identified

No data identified

Grenada

No data identified

No data identified

Guatemala

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No data identified

Guyana

No data identified

No data identified

Indonesia

No data identified

No data identified

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No data identified

Iraq

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

Jamaica

Agenda-setting (later stage)

No data identified

Jordan

No data identified

No data identified

Kazakhstan

No data identified

No data identified

Kosovo

No data identified

No data identified

Lebanon

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Libya

No data identified

No data identified

Malaysia

Policy information

National DESP

Maldives

No data identified

No data identified

Marshall Islands

No data identified

No data identified

Mauritius

Agenda-setting (early stage)

National DESP

Mexico

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No DESP

Montenegro

No data identified

No data identified

Namibia

No data identified

No data identified

North Macedonia

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Nauru

No data identified

No data identified

Paraguay

No data identified

No data identified

Peru

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Romania

No data identified

No data identified

Russian Federation

No data identified

No data identified

Samoa

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

Serbia

Policy information

National DESP

South Africa

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

St. Lucia

Agenda-setting (early stage)

Partially implemented

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

No data identified

No data identified

Suriname

No data identified

No data identified

Thailand

Policy formulation

Partially implemented

Tonga

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No data identified

Turkey

Agenda-setting (early stage)

No data identified

Turkmenistan

No data identified

No data identified

Tuvalu

No data identified

No data identified

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

No data identified

No data identified