Professor Fatima Kyari Appointed IAPB Africa Chair

Professor Fatima Kyari Appointed IAPB Africa Chair

Fatima Kyari, Associate Professor at the International Centre for Eye Health and a distinguished Nigerian ophthalmologist and ophthalmic epidemiologist, has been appointed as the Africa Region Chair for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)....
Equity can be better addressed in glaucoma research

Equity can be better addressed in glaucoma research

Photo credit: Heiko Philippin Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally. In 2020, 3.6 million people over 50 years of age were blind globally due to the condition, and there are estimated to be 112 million people with glaucoma by 2040. Early...