Despite a widely distributed access to cataract surgery in Iran, we face populations in remote and marginal areas who have been left behind and/or are unaware of the need for surgery. [2-5] This report assesses surgical coverage and visual outcome of cataract surgery and the selfreported barriers of surgery among subjects aged 50 years or more in Kurdistan Province of Iran. Of the 3465 eligible persons who were invited to Kurdistan Rapid Assessment of Available Blindness-Diabetic Retinopathy

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... AB-DR) study, 3203 participated (response rate: 92.4%). Among the participants, 1,546 (44.6%) were males and 1,657 (55.4%) were females. The mean age of the participants was 62.7 ± 10.1 (range, 50-99) years. Of these, 12% (384 participants) had cataract surgery. Cataract surgery coverage was 90% in males and 89% in females (P = 0.91). The corresponding coverage for rural versus urban