by Hugh Bassett | Jan 16, 2025 | News
Health inequalities exist where people receive different levels of health care to others, resulting in outcomes like reduced life expectancy and quality of life. These inequalities exist within eye health, and research has shown that there are population groups...
by Hugh Bassett | Jan 7, 2025 | News
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is the most common eye cancer in children globally. The disease develops from the back of the eye, and if left untreated, a tumour can develop out of the eye and lead to blindness, metastasis (cancer elsewhere in the body) and death. When a child...
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,...
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