Iceh News
New research project aims to improve school eye health planning
ICEH and Peek Vision have been awarded a major new research grant by USAID to develop a tool to improve school eye health programme planning. The funding will enable the development of a new School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) tool. The aim is to help eye...
Only a third of board members at major eye institutions women
A new study from the International Centre of Eye Health has shown that only a third of board members and a third or fewer of chairpeople at major eye health membership organisations are women. The study looked at the governing bodies for the International Council of...
Equity was rarely considered in Cochrane Eyes and Vision systematic reviews and primary studies on cataract
A new paper published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology has found that systematic reviews and primary research in cataract, the leading cause of avoidable blindness globally, do not take into account factors that...
Supporting global eye health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nearly three months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern, we are continuing to feel the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Our partners and colleagues, and those working in the eye health community in general, are very much in our thoughts at this time…
The Community Eye Health Journal is now available via App
The Community Eye Health Journal is now available via a Mobile App! Free access to articles in community eye health: ophthalmology, optometry, eye nursing and eye care delivery The Community Eye Health Journal (CEHJ) is now available as an app for smartphones and...
World Sight Day 2018 – Events from Alumna Jacquelyn O’Banion in Atlanta GA, USA
Top: Patients waiting to be screened. We had 200-300 patient arrive for a 4 hour screening event in rural Georgia World Sight Day Screening - We partnered with a local Lions Club in Cordele, a rural part of Georgia with limited access to healthcare, to hold a...
Blog from Esmael Habtamu Ali, PhD: Co-Lead Educator for Eliminating Trachoma MOOC
Esmael Habtamu Ali with patient during Trachoma field work in Ethiopia Esmael Habtamu Ali PhD, Co-Lead Educator Why Trachoma? My country, Ethiopia, has amongst the highest levels of avoidable blindness in the world. Cataract, corneal opacities from trachoma and...
Blog from Dr Priya Morjaria: Co-Lead Educator for Global Blindness: Planning for Eye Care Services MOOC
School children in India Dr Priya Morjaria, Co-Lead Educator For the past 3 years, I have been working on my PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The focus of my work was ‘Evidence to improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of School Eye Health...
ICEH Alumni honoured at the 2018 World Ophthalmology Congress in Barcelona!
More pictures of the event can be found here.