by Hugh Bassett | Aug 7, 2026 | News
Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform healthcare, particularly in countries facing severe shortages of specialist health workers. But new research led by the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) warns that the evidence needed to develop and...
by Hugh Bassett | Aug 5, 2026 | News
Refraction in India. Photograph: Dr Srinivas Marmamula / LVPEI A 15-year population-based study from rural south India has found that around one in 12 people developed myopia over the follow-up period, providing some of the first long-term evidence on myopia incidence...
by Hugh Bassett | Jul 28, 2026 | News
The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) congratulates former ICEH Master’s and PhD student Dr M. A. Muhit, who was elected as State Minister for Health and Family Welfare in Bangladesh earlier this year. Dr Muhit, a long-standing advocate for improving the...
by Hugh Bassett | Jul 27, 2026 | News
A large study in Ethiopia has identified several factors that could help trachoma programmes identify patients at greater risk of developing postoperative trachomatous trichiasis after eyelid surgery. The findings suggest that information collected during routine...
by Hugh Bassett | Jul 22, 2026 | News
A growing partnership between the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS) and eye hospitals across Nepal is helping to strengthen the detection and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of preventable...
