by Hugh Bassett | Jul 3, 2026 | News
Photograph: Aeesha Malik A new study has revealed substantial differences in how children receive eye examinations in Malaysia, with regulatory and institutional barriers limiting the use of cycloplegic refraction in many settings. The findings suggest that children...
by Hugh Bassett | Jul 2, 2026 | News
Photograph: Luke Allen A new study from northern India has shown that teleophthalmology can enable people with corneal disease to receive specialist-supported care without travelling to hospital at scale, while ensuring that patients with sight-threatening conditions...
by Hugh Bassett | Jul 1, 2026 | News
Counselling for glaucoma. Photograph: Bintu Lamba A new study from researchers in Nigeria and the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) has found that people who were aware of glaucoma before diagnosis were more likely to present earlier for specialist care....
by Hugh Bassett | Jun 30, 2026 | News
Photograph: Sasipriya M Karumanchi A new Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) survey has found that blindness and vision impairment remain major public health challenges in northwest Ethiopia, with more than four in five cases of blindness caused by...
by Hugh Bassett | Jun 29, 2026 | News
A new study published in the Journal of Primary Health Care suggests that introducing publicly funded community eye care in Aotearoa New Zealand, modelled on Australia’s Medicare system, could substantially improve access to eye examinations and spectacles,...
