Iceh News
Professor Gordon Johnson: A Life Dedicated to Preventing Blindness
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...
Global review finds important regional differences in antibiotic resistance in bacterial keratitis
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...
Corneal opacity remains major cause of vision loss in The Gambia, national study finds
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...
Nepal has high cataract surgery coverage, but room to improve outcomes
Photograph: Astrid Leck A new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology provides important evidence on cataract surgery services in Nepal, showing high levels of surgical coverage but a continuing need to improve postoperative outcomes. The work,...
African Oculomics Research Programme to unlock early detection of disease through the eye
Photograph: Terry Cooper A major new international research collaboration is set to explore how the eye can reveal early signs of several diseases, bringing cutting-edge artificial intelligence and imaging technology to populations that stand to...
ICEH Designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre
The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has been officially designated as a new WHO Collaborating Centre for Eye Care and Vision. The World Health Organization and ICEH have worked together closely for...
New approach calls for environmental impact to be included in eye care decision-making
As eye care services expand to meet growing global demand, a paper in JAMA Ophthalmology highlights the need to consider environmental impact alongside patient outcomes and cost. The Viewpoint article highlights a comparative unit, the ICFER, first proposed in 2024,...
Delivering Effective Cataract Surgical Coverage: Contrasting Lessons from Kenya and Nepal
A new study published in BMJ Global Health examines how two countries, Kenya and Nepal, are putting the World Health Organization’s effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC) target into practice, and shows that progress depends not just on technical targets, but on...
Portable Glaucoma Tests Show Strong Performance Against Standard Equipment, New Studies Find
New research provides robust evidence that portable, low-cost diagnostic tools can perform comparably to standard glaucoma testing and are feasible for health workers to use, offering a potential pathway to expand case finding in low- and middle-income countries...