Iceh News

The World Diabetes Day is marked globally on 14th November each year. In 2016 the theme was 'Eyes on Diabetes' and the focus was on creating awareness on Diabetic Retinopathy, a potentially blinding eye condition. The burden of both diabetes and diabetic retinopathy...

Community Eye Health Vol. 29 Issue 94 2016 Postoperative Care

ICEH Alumni Symposium Event The ICEH Alumni Symposium Event took place on October 29, 2016 at the Southern Sun Elengeni & Maharani Hotel in Durban, South Africa. It was scheduled as a satellite meeting during the, 10th General Assembly (10GA) of the International...

Responsibility for our patients does not end when they leave the operating theatre – ensuring good eye health and visual outcomes in the long term also requires good postoperative care, counselling and follow-up. The new issue of the Community Eye Health Journal...

This is a public engagement activity which our 2013/14 Alumna, Nyawira Mwangi (current CEHC Research Fellow) coordinated. The theme was on diabetes, which is also the subject of her PhD research. Event: World Health Day 2016 Date: 07/04/16 Theme: Beat Diabetes Venue:...

Community Eye Health Vol. 28 Issue 92 2015 The diabetes epidemic and its implications for eye health Read the new issue Download the new issue (PDF 2.7Mb) Diabetes is a complex disease requiring the involvement of many health professionals, and patients have many...

Let’s Begin… Today, glasses help millions of people with poor vision be able to see clearly. But how? Andrew Bastawrous and Clare Gilbert help unravel the answer by explaining refraction — the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water, or the eye, to change...

The 2016 ICEH Alumni Workshop was held 1-4 March, 2016 and it was a great success. I wish I could thank each one of you in person for the success of the workshop, but until that time comes please enjoy the photo gallery of the week’s celebration (link below). Just...