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Burden of caregiving for children with eye diseases
29 March 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This review was conducted to examine the existent literature and characterise the psychological impact of caregiving for children with various eye diseases. The factors associated with the burden of caregiving were discussed in the context of each eye disease identified....
Top cited 100 publications in paediatric ophthalmology
3 April 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The author identified the top 100 cited publications in paediatric ophthalmology in an effort to identify which topics are most strongly represented and potential areas where further research is needed. An ISI Web of Science database search was conducted in...
ABDO to be featured in ITN Business ‘Global Action for Eye Health’ programme
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is pleased to announce that on World Sight Day (10 October), we will be featuring in an ITN Business news-style programme, ‘Global Action for Eye Health’, aiming to raise awareness and drive action towards improved eye health worldwide.WATCH EPISODE 10: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission
11 September 2024
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AMM, Pterygium surgery, Charity, International, Working abroad, Dave Goldsmith, Rural Areas, South America, Bolivia, Andean Medical Mission
Welcome to the 10th episode of Beyond 2020, the video series from Andean Medical Mission | Bolivian Medical Charity that looks at strategies to eliminate avoidable blindness in countries with developing eyecare services and shares ideas and solutions to common...
WATCH EPISODE 9: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission
21 February 2024
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AMM, CHARITY, INTERNATIONAL, WORKING ABROAD, DAVE GOLDSMITH, CATARACT SURGERY, RURAL AREAS
Welcome to the 9th episode of Beyond 2020, the series that looks at strategies to eliminate avoidable blindness in countries with developing eyecare services and shares ideas and solutions to common difficulties in working abroad. In this video, Dave Goldsmith...
WATCH EPISODE 9: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission
21 February 2024
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AMM, CHARITY, INTERNATIONAL, WORKING ABROAD, DAVE GOLDSMITH, CATARACT SURGERY, RURAL AREAS
Welcome to the 9th episode of Beyond 2020, the series that looks at strategies to eliminate avoidable blindness in countries with developing eyecare services and shares ideas and solutions to common difficulties in working abroad.
WATCH EPISODE 8: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission
17 November 2023
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AMM, CHARITY, INTERNATIONAL, WORKING ABROAD, DAVE GOLDSMITH, Cataract surgery, rural areas
This video is for medical teams and NGOs who are working to eliminate avoidable blindness in remote village settings where the risk of an infection post-surgery is high.
2030 In Sight: Ending avoidable sight loss
2 August 2024
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EYE - General
Over 2.2 billion people on our planet live with visual impairment or blindness with 1.1 billion unable to access affordable treatment. The 2030 In Sight sector strategy led by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is an...
Global health and conflict: the unseen consequences
Global eye health inequalities stem from poor access to affordable care, causing preventative vision impairment and blindness. In 2020, a study showed that 510 million people, the majority being in low-income and middle-income countries, had uncorrected near vision impairment simply...
MicroRNAs in cataract
1 August 2016
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Age-related cataract, Lens epithelial cells, Lgr4, MicroRNA let-7b, Ultraviolet irradiation
In an ageing population cataract formation is one of the leading causes of blindness. Cataracts are caused by a failure to clear accumulating aggregated proteins in the lens. MicroRNAs are small non-coding transcripts which bind to specific mRNAs acting at...
Glaucoma screening in primary care and community settings
1 April 2020
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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EYE - Glaucoma
Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of irreversible blindness in the United States due to its insidious progression and diagnosis in late stages. The cost-effectiveness of screening for glaucoma has been debated, and screening of high-risk groups for...
Update on primary angle closure glaucoma
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Glaucoma
This review article considers primary angle-closure glaucoma which is responsible for half of glaucoma-related blindness worldwide. Angle closure is characterised by appositional contact between the iris and trabecular meshwork. It tends to develop in eyes with shallow anterior chambers, anteriorly...
