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South-South collaboration for the treatment of avoidable blindness in Botswana
1 October 2017
| Malcolm Kerr-Muir, Alice Lehasa, Marcia Zondervan
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Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This article describes the value of South-South collaboration in the reduction of avoidable blindness. Specifically it describes a South-South collaboration between India and Botswana that evolved out of the VISION 2020 LINK between Cambridge University Hospitals, two institutions in India...
Highlights from The RCOphth Annual Congress 2023
Check in here for live updates and media from the RCOphth Annual Congress 2023 being held in Birmingham's ICC between 22-25 May.Development of retinoblastoma services in Zimbabwe
5 June 2020
| Mayuri Makan, M Ashwin Reddy, Zishan Naeem, Richard Bowman, Nick Astbury, Marcia Zondervan
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Zimbabwe recognised the need for a paediatric ophthalmology service almost 20 years ago. The economic uncertainty in the country made it difficult to secure financial support, so initial funding came through local donors. Equipment – including vision charts, ophthalmoscopes and...
VISION 2020 LINKS Programme and DR-NET World Sight Day Workshop
7 December 2020
| Covadonga Bascaran, Nyawira Mwangi, Hazel Shillingford-Ricketts, Nick Astbury, Marcia Zondervan
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AMD, COVID-19, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Optometry, Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
World Sight Day (WSD) was celebrated globally on 8 October 2020 [1]. From Australia and the Pacific to the Americas, via Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, awareness-raising and advocacy activities took place throughout the day, to focus attention on unnecessary...
Preventing blindness from diabetes: planning a programme of service development and research across Malawi
5 April 2022
| Philip Burgess, Petros Kayange, Joseph Msosa, Moira Gandiwa, Patty Mopamboli Mboli, Simon Harding, Nathan Congdon, Nicola Desmond, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging
In sub-Saharan Africa 19.4 million people have diabetes; this is projected to rise to 28.6 million by 2030 [1]. Sight loss from diabetes devastates the lives of working people, affecting the financial stability of the families and communities who depend...
Implementing technology to improve global eye health
3 October 2024
| Elliott Taylor, Covadonga Bascaran, Islay Mactaggart, Farhana Rehman-Furs, Andrew Bastawrous, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Technological innovation is providing new solutions to transform global eye health [1–5]. In particular, research towards the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in ophthalmology has gained pace in recent years. However, there has been little research relating to its...
Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme
1 December 2013
| Marcia Zondervan, Claire Walker
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...
Could the sclera be key to glaucoma?
1 December 2017
| Craig Boote
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EYE - Glaucoma
The glaucomas are a group of conditions characterised by optic neuropathy and associated visual field defects. Of these, chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG) – diagnosed on the basis of progressive structural changes to the optic nerve head (ONH) and nerve fibre...
VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the Madagascar-Leeds LINK
1 December 2014
| Aditi Das, John Buchan, Marcia Zondervan
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Madagascar is a fascinating and culturally rich island which has an ‘exotic’ status in most people’s eyes. Yet it is among the poorest countries in the world. According to the World Bank, 92% of the population live on less than...
VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: Reviewing the first ten years and announcing the new diabetic retinopathy initiative
1 April 2014
| Marcia Zondervan, Claire Walker, Nick Astbury, Allen Foster (Prof)
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Refractive
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme celebrates its 10th anniversary next month. Over the past decade it has achieved its objective of building capacity for eye care in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by establishing long-term training partnerships between institutions, known...
Building research capacity through the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme
1 August 2017
| Philip Burgess, Stephen Gichuhi, Simon Arunga, Mike Burdon, Marcia Zondervan, Allen Foster (Prof)
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Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The aim is to build capacity for research in the region covered by the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA). The project will build research capacity in three ophthalmology training institutions by ‘training the trainers’ and...
Rb-NET: a network to save life and preserve vision in children in Africa
1 April 2018
| Pippa Williams, Richard Bowman, Allen Foster (Prof), Ido Didi Fabian, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
Responding to need is a key element underpinning the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [1]. It is embedded in the process through which LINKS are established, with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) first defining their priority areas of training...