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Innovative Tanzania pilot study finds that incorporating promotion of children’s eye health into reproductive and child health services can improve knowledge and change practices
Many blinding eye conditions of childhood are preventable or treatable, particularly in developing countries. However, primary eye care (PEC) for children is poorly developed, leading to unnecessary visual loss. Activities for control by health workers entail...
Applications open: Clinical research fellowships from the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium
Coordinated by ICEH, the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium is a group of highly respected eye health organisations is delivering an integrated programme of fellowships, research and technology to provide quality care to all and strengthen eye health systems across...
Registration opens for the 2014 ISGEO congress
Registration is now open for this year's International Society Geographical & Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO) congress which is being hosted by ICEH at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on the 11th and 12th of September. Register online...
Methodology published for the Nakuru eye disease cohort study
To date, no longitudinal, population-based studies of eye disease have been undertaken in Africa, and there have been only ten worldwide, predominantly in high-income settings. Nakuru district (now Nakuru County), is the main district of Kenya’s largest province, the...
Next ISGEO Meeting Dates Agreed, 11 – 12 September 2014 at LSHTM (Updated)
The International Society Geographical & Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO) 2014 meeting is now being arranged. The ISGEO aims to promote the science of geographic and epidemiologic ophthalmology among all people and nations. This aim encompasses the...
A fifth of Nigerian adults have some degree of lens opacity
April's issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science publishes the latest paper from the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey in Nigeria. The authros examined prevalence and risk factors for lens opacities among a nationally representative...
Protocol published for study into whether motivational interviewing improves uptake of treatment for glaucoma in Nigeria
ICEH student, Mohammad Abdull has published his trial protocol as part of his PhD study. "Adapted motivational interviewing to improve the uptake of treatment for glaucoma in Nigeria: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial" describes his study to assess...
Save the date – Global Ophthalmology seminar, UK, June 27th 2014
Global Ophthalmology programme 2014Saul Rajak is co-chairing a seminar day on global ophthalmology at the UK's Royal College of Ophthalmology. The aim of the day is to educate delegates the ways they can help/work in eyecare in poorer countries (rather than to teach...
TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous Talk on Peek: Get Your Next Eye Exam on a Smartphone
TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous Talk on Peek: Get Your Next Eye Exam on a Smartphone Thirty-nine million people in the world are blind, and the majority lost their sight due to curable and preventable diseases. But how do you test and treat people who live in remote...