by Hugh Bassett | Jun 25, 2026 | News
A new feasibility trial published in BMJ Open suggests that prescribing near-vision glasses to very young infants at high risk of cerebral visual impairment (CVI – sight loss due to damage in the brain rather than the eye itself) may improve early visual and...
by Hugh Bassett | Jun 24, 2026 | News
Cataract Surgery in Nigeria. Photograph: Abdulwahab Usman A new study has found that visual outcomes following cataract surgery in Nigeria remain below internationally recommended standards, despite improvements over time. The study highlights both the progress made...
by Hugh Bassett | Jun 23, 2026 | News
A new study from Tanzania has provided some of the first evidence from Africa on how diabetic retinopathy affects quality of life, finding that blindness caused by the condition is associated with a substantial reduction in both general health-related quality of life...
by Hugh Bassett | Jun 17, 2026 | News
The global eye health community has lost one of its most influential figures with the death of Professor Gordon Johnson. For more than four decades, Gordon helped shape the discipline of public health ophthalmology, trained generations of eye health leaders, and...
by Hugh Bassett | Jun 11, 2026 | News
Bacterial keratitis. Photograph: Vineet Joshi A major new systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Microbe has brought together evidence from around the world to examine antimicrobial resistance in bacterial keratitis, one of the leading causes of...
by Hugh Bassett | May 22, 2026 | News
Corneal opacity (Nigeria). Photograph: Dr Ebeogu Ogochukwu Wisdom / The Eyesavers Network International A new nationwide study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has found that nearly one in 10 adults aged 35 years and older in The Gambia are living...
