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High Rate of Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity Highlights Screening Burden in Tertiary Hospital Study
Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity done at Eye Department MTI Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan. Photograph: Sadia Sethi A new prospective study conducted at a major public hospital in Pakistan reveals a significant rate of severe retinopathy of...
Trial Shows Anti-inflammatory Eye Drops Do Not Improve Outcomes After Trachoma Surgery
A major randomised clinical trial conducted in rural Ethiopia has found that adding a specific topical anti-inflammatory therapy to standard trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery does not reduce the risk of postoperative recurrence, despite earlier smaller studies...
Mapping Portable Devices for Glaucoma Diagnosis: What the Evidence Shows
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide and early diagnosis remains critical for preventing vision loss. Traditional diagnostic equipment such as slit lamps and standard visual field analysers are accurate but often expensive and...
Rapid trial design that listens to left-behind groups increases attendance in eye care
https://youtu.be/Gj9M7w0S4PM?si=DOhwxNxgnoHqdbBM A new study from the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), published in The Lancet Global Health, shows how rapid, community-informed trial methods can significantly increase attendance at health appointments....
Eye Health Survey Participation: Gaps Between High- and Low-Resource Settings
Eye health population survey in India. © Aravind Eye Care Population-based eye health surveys provide essential information for planning and evaluating eye care services, but participation rates often vary widely between settings. A recent study published in Wellcome...
The Role of Medicine Vendors in Eye and Ear Care in Nigeria
Photograph: Beendy234, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons In many low- and middle-income countries, access to formal eye and ear health services is limited, particularly in rural areas where specialist services are scarce. A new mixed-methods study led by International Centre...
Global Population At Risk of Trachoma Falls by more than 1.4bn in 23 years
Photograph: Nick Burns The number of people requiring interventions against trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time since global records began. There were 1.5 billion people estimated to be at risk...
Low-cost Ophthalmic Device Shows Promise for Resource-Limited Areas
In global eye health, simple, affordable diagnostic tools could significantly widen access to essential examinations – particularly in low- and middle-income countries where specialist equipment is scarce. Recent research provides strong new evidence that the...
One million participants included in RAAB surveys
A RAAB in progress. Photograph: Aravind Eye Hospitals The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) has reached one million participants surveyed since 2000. RAAB is the main tool used for estimates of sight loss worldwide....