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Drawing on comparative insights from National Health Service facilities in the West Midlands (UK), the article reflects on infrastructure limitations; workforce constraints; the collaborative, system-level interventions that must be introduced; and some initial initiatives made possible through the exchange. Emphasis is placed on sustainability, local capacity building and bilateral learning, with implications for replicable models of ophthalmic care development in low-resource settings. 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