Iceh News
Focus on: AI in Eye Care
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for health, particularly in eye care where it has demonstrated significant promise. The diagnosis and screening of eye conditions frequently relies on image-based analysis, and recent studies suggest that AI...
Traditional Healers in Nepal May Be Able to Contribute to Microbial Keratitis Care
Microbial keratitis (MK), also known as corneal ulcer, is an infection of the cornea (the clear part of the front of the eye) that can lead to permanently reduced vision, blindness or even removal of the eye. Around one million people a year will develop a fungal...
Saving Children’s Sight: The Child Eye Health Project
Currently, many child healthcare programmes globally do not include eye screening, and health workers are not trained in how to detect eye conditions. This leads to millions of children with eye conditions being missed and unable to access the care they need. In fact,...
Peek Vision Connects One Million People To Care
Peek Vision, a social enterprise and close partner of the International Centre for Eye Health, has reached one million people with an eye condition treated through their system. Peek started as a PhD project by ICEH Professor Andrew Bastawrous in 2012, eventually...
ICEH Remember Dr Amos Kibata
We at the International Centre for Eye Health are saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Amos Kibata, who died on 17 September 2024 following a battle with cancer. Dr Kibata was a renowned ophthalmologist and founder of the City Eye Hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya. He also...
Alternative methods to assess facial cleanliness potentially ineffective
© John Buchan Trachoma is a painful blinding eye disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Repeated infections with the bacteria cause the eyelids to swell and turn inwards. Without intervention, the eyelashes can scrape the front of the eye, leading to...
Prevalence of vision impairment, diabetes and disability in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
A study by the St. John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and the International Centre for Eye Health has shed light on the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). The study was carried out between July 2018 and April 2019...
Nearly a quarter of children diagnosed with rare eye cancer in Africa die within one year
A new study has shown survival rates in Africa for a childhood cancer are dramatically lower than in high-income countries. Retinoblastoma is the most common eye cancer in children globally. In high income countries such as the UK, nearly all children will survive it....
Younger Adults in Kenya Three Times Less Likely to Access Eye Care Than The 65+
A new study by the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) has highlighted health inequality in Kenya, revealing that adults 18-24 are three times less likely to access eye care than those over 65. Globally, more than one billion people currently live with sight...