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...
by Hugh Bassett | Oct 31, 2024 | News
We at the International Centre for Eye Health are saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Amos Kibata, who died on 17 September 2024 following a battle with cancer. Dr Kibata was a renowned ophthalmologist and founder of the City Eye Hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya. He also...
by Hugh Bassett | Oct 24, 2024 | News
© John Buchan Trachoma is a painful blinding eye disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Repeated infections with the bacteria cause the eyelids to swell and turn inwards. Without intervention, the eyelashes can scrape the front of the eye, leading to...
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