Iceh News
New Indicator of Access of Cataract Care Demonstrated
A team led by the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) have demonstrated a new indicator that assesses how long people at risk of cataract need to travel to treatment. Increasing age is a risk factor for developing cataract. Therefore, when planning...
ICEH Announces New Public Eye Health Clinical Fellows
© Nick Burn / CBM Earlier this year the International Centre for Eye Health, in conjunction with the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and the Fred Hollows Foundation announced an 18-month fellowship training programme to strengthen individual capacity in public health...
Artificial Intelligence for Diabetic Retinopathy in LMICs: The Research So Far
Image: © Ashley Gilbertson / Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise many areas of healthcare. Alongside improving healthcare in high income countries, it promises rapid gains in low- and middle-income...
Peek Vision meets with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
Prof Andrew Bastawrous with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Twenty-four million Nigerians are currently living with sight loss, yet less than 0.0002% of the country's current health budget is spent on eye health. In an historic meeting last week, ICEH Professor Andrew...
Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness launches new programme for trainers
Image: © Rolex / Joan Bardeletti. The Peek visual acuity test, part of the RAAB7 software Efforts to improve eye health globally requires an evidence base on the prevalence and type of vision impairment in a particular area. This data is essential in planning services...
International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) Africa Meeting this August
The first International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) Africa meeting will be held live in Mombasa, Kenya, from August 21-23, 2023. The ISOO mission is to promote the advancement of ocular oncology by coordination with general ophthalmology, general oncology,...
ICEH Professor and Peek Vision Co-Founder awarded an OBE
Prof Andrew Bastawrous with the Peek visual acuity test © Rolex Joan Bardeletti ICEH Professor Andrew Bastawrous, co-founder of award-winning eye health social enterprise Peek Vision, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for ‘services to eye health...
Eye Health Population Surveys Could Potentially Include Socioeconomic Position
The Peek visual acuity test used in RAAB7 © Rolex Joan Bardeletti In order to achieve universal health coverage and ensure no one is left behind, different indicators need to be monitored when recording who is receiving...
World Glaucoma Week: Glaucoma Research in Nigeria
by Dr Farouk Garba, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. Contrary to some conditions like cataract where patients get discharged after a successful surgery and sometimes never seen...