by Hugh Bassett | May 28, 2025 | News
Photo credit © Shrikant Ayyangar, Mission for Vision Presbyopia, a common age-related condition characterized by a decreased ability to focus on near objects, affects a significant portion of the global population. There are an estimated 826 million people who have...
by Hugh Bassett | May 20, 2025 | News
A new version of the IAPB Vision Atlas has launched, providing the latest visualisations and information around the magnitude and causes of sight loss globally. First starting in 2017, the Vision Atlas became a digital platform in 2021. The latest version, launched at...
by Hugh Bassett | Apr 11, 2025 | News
Mobile health (mHealth) is a rapidly growing field that is described by the World Health Organisation as the use of mobile and wireless technologies to support the achievement of health objectives, which can include the improvement of outcomes, healthcare services and...
by Hugh Bassett | Apr 9, 2025 | News
Tanzania has the highest age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a common complication, is a significant cause of vision loss; but with effective screening and treatment this often can be prevented. However, with very few...
by Hugh Bassett | Mar 31, 2025 | News
© Rajan Shrestha Trachoma is a painful, blinding disease that over 100 million people worldwide are at risk from. The disease is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). Repeated infections with the bacteria eventually cause the eyelashes to turn inwards,...
by Hugh Bassett | Mar 28, 2025 | News
© Rajan Shrestha The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) is the major contributor to national and international estimates of magnitude and causes of vision impairment and avoidable blindness. A recent RAAB survey conducted in Nepal has outlined the...
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