by Hugh Bassett | Jan 21, 2026 | News
A major randomised clinical trial conducted in rural Ethiopia has found that adding a specific topical anti-inflammatory therapy to standard trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery does not reduce the risk of postoperative recurrence, despite earlier smaller studies...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 21, 2026 | News
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide and early diagnosis remains critical for preventing vision loss. Traditional diagnostic equipment such as slit lamps and standard visual field analysers are accurate but often expensive and...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 20, 2026 | News
A new study from the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), published in The Lancet Global Health, shows how rapid, community-informed trial methods can significantly increase attendance at health appointments. Globally, an estimated one third of people still...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 12, 2026 | News
Eye health population survey in India. © Aravind Eye Care Population-based eye health surveys provide essential information for planning and evaluating eye care services, but participation rates often vary widely between settings. A recent study published in Wellcome...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 7, 2026 | News
Photograph: Beendy234, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons In many low- and middle-income countries, access to formal eye and ear health services is limited, particularly in rural areas where specialist services are scarce. A new mixed-methods study led by International Centre...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 6, 2026 | News
Photograph: Nick Burns The number of people requiring interventions against trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time since global records began. There were 1.5 billion people estimated to be at risk...
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