by Hugh Bassett | Jan 3, 2025 | News
The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are excited to announce a new grant from Givewell and the Livelihood Impact Fund (LIF), which will fund new work on refractive error and health economics. Globally,...
by Hugh Bassett | Dec 18, 2024 | News
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for health, particularly in eye care where it has demonstrated significant promise. The diagnosis and screening of eye conditions frequently relies on image-based analysis, and recent studies suggest that AI...
by Hugh Bassett | Dec 12, 2024 | News
Microbial keratitis (MK), also known as corneal ulcer, is an infection of the cornea (the clear part of the front of the eye) that can lead to permanently reduced vision, blindness or even removal of the eye. Around one million people a year will develop a fungal...
by Hugh Bassett | Nov 25, 2024 | News
Currently, many child healthcare programmes globally do not include eye screening, and health workers are not trained in how to detect eye conditions. This leads to millions of children with eye conditions being missed and unable to access the care they need. In fact,...
by Hugh Bassett | Nov 21, 2024 | News
Peek Vision, a social enterprise and close partner of the International Centre for Eye Health, has reached one million people with an eye condition treated through their system. Peek started as a PhD project by ICEH Professor Andrew Bastawrous in 2012, eventually...
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