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Study shows delay to diagnosis of potentially fatal childhood eye cancer longer in lower-income countries, leading to worse outcomes
Photograph: Pak Sang Lee Retinoblastoma is a potentially fatal cancer of the eye occurring in children. However, the likelihood of death from those experiencing it has been known to be highly variable for years. For instance, a child in Africa with retinoblastoma has...
Vision impairment and blindness has global economic impact of $411 billion in lost productivity per year
A new study has revealed the scale of the economic impact for vision loss globally. The research, authored by members of ICEH as part of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health, modelled the annual cost of potential productivity losses associated with...
The International Centre for Eye Health co-chairs the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health
ICEH were co-chairs on the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health, published this month. The Commission is the work of an interdisciplinary group of 73 academics and national programme leaders and practitioners from 25 countries. Building on the World...
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...