Registration opens for the 2014 ISGEO congress
Registration is now open for this year’s International Society Geographical & Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO) congress which is being hosted by ICEH at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on the 11th and 12th of September. Register...Methodology published for the Nakuru eye disease cohort study
To date, no longitudinal, population-based studies of eye disease have been undertaken in Africa, and there have been only ten worldwide, predominantly in high-income settings. Nakuru district (now Nakuru County), is the main district of Kenya’s largest province, the...Next ISGEO Meeting Dates Agreed, 11 – 12 September 2014 at LSHTM (Updated)
The International Society Geographical & Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO) 2014 meeting is now being arranged. The ISGEO aims to promote the science of geographic and epidemiologic ophthalmology among all people and nations. This aim encompasses the...A fifth of Nigerian adults have some degree of lens opacity
April’s issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science publishes the latest paper from the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey in Nigeria. The authros examined prevalence and risk factors for lens opacities among a nationally...Protocol published for study into whether motivational interviewing improves uptake of treatment for glaucoma in Nigeria
ICEH student, Mohammad Abdull has published his trial protocol as part of his PhD study. “Adapted motivational interviewing to improve the uptake of treatment for glaucoma in Nigeria: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial” describes his study to...
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- Effect of low-cost direct ophthalmoscopy training on glaucoma disc assessment by allied ophthalmic personnel students: a controlled pre-post study.
- Prevalence and risk factors associated with corneal opacity in The Gambia.
- Funding community eye care in Aotearoa: a preliminary cost estimate based on the Australian approach.
- Coverage of cataract surgery services in Nepal: results from a nationwide Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey
- Models of multidisciplinary team-based care involving optometrists in Australia and New Zealand: narrative review and synthesis of implementation issues.
- Epidemiology of Microbial Keratitis on Uganda: A 7-year update [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
- Baseline Predictors for the Postoperative Trachomatous Trichiasis Following Lid Rotation Surgery in the FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial.
- Building Capacity in Institutional Operational Research in Low-Resource Settings: Protocol for an Implementation Research Study.
- Evaluation of a face-washing behaviour change intervention for trachoma prevention in Oromia, Ethiopia (Stronger SAFE): secondary outcomes of a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
- Developing a Global Eye Health Research Agenda: protocol for a priority setting process