by Hugh Bassett | Feb 4, 2022 | News
The news regularly reports amazing new cancer treatments, promising life-saving and life-changing results for those affected by the myriad of different forms of the disease. Yet millions around the world are unable to receive even the most basic level of care afforded...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 6, 2022 | News
The first patient being treated for diabetic retinopathy using the donated laser machine. Image: Hazel Shillingford Ricketts Laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy, a deteriorating eye condition caused by diabetes, has long been the standard of care in higher income...
by Hugh Bassett | Dec 8, 2021 | News
A new and expanded version of the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) survey, developed at ICEH, has officially launched, following extensive development and testing with leading eye health sector organisations. RAAB7 is delivered digitally using...
by Hugh Bassett | Nov 24, 2021 | News
Having a strong definition of what you’re trying to work towards can make the process easier. This is true of eye health, where the systems that contribute to impaired vision, and those that can help to improve it, are complex. During the recent Lancet Global...
by Hugh Bassett | Oct 14, 2021 | News
A doctor performs an SLT treatment on a patient with glaucoma in Tanzania Photograph: Heiko Philippin Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions...
by Hugh Bassett | Sep 8, 2021 | News
Dr Abel Ebong, one of the registrars at Mbarara University tertiary eye hospital in Uganda administers Chlorhexidine eye drops to a patient with Fungal Keratitis A new treatment option for a potentially blinding disease has shown promise in a sub-study in Uganda....
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