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VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: building capacity for eye care services in Nigeria through leadership and skills development
The Lagos-Bolton VISION 2020 LINK started in December 2011. It is one of 29 LINKS now running in the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [1]. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with a current population of 178 million, projected...Clinical tutor enjoys rewarding nature of volunteering
Bradford University Clinical Tutor, Benji Chandra, celebrates five years of supporting the needs of homeless people this summer.
Risk with density of suppression
The authors wished to determine the current practice of assessing and interpreting the density of suppression with the Sbisa / Bagolini filter bar in the management of amblyopia in the UK and to estimate the incidence of intractable diplopia following...
Multidisciplinary care for VKC
The aim of this study was to develop best practice principles for diagnosis and management of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) in the UK. The authors convened a multidisciplinary panel of three paediatric ophthalmologists, two corneal specialists, a paediatric allergist and orthoptists....
Evaluating ocular motor functions
Traditionally orthoptists are specialised in assessing ocular motor disorders. This article introduces the ocular motor score as a new clinical tool for screening and follow-up for children and young adults. The protocol consists of 15 tests such as stereoacuity, strabismus,...Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE) Bursaries 2024
OAEE assists young eye doctors from Eastern Europe to attend as observers in specialist clinics in the UK where a fee for observerships is charged. It also helps fund teaching visits by UK ophthalmologists to Eastern Europe and gives travel bursaries to ophthalmologists and orthoptists wishing to present papers at national and international eye congresses in the region.
Overview of issues with provision of paediatric ophthalmology care
Previous reports have summarised a consistent decline in paediatric ophthalmology over the past 20 years with significant differences in mean salary compensation for paediatric ophthalmologists vs. other ophthalmology subspecialties. Many subsidise income by other non-paediatric work or retire early. With...
Vision screening opinion
The aim of this paper is to describe experts’ perceptions of best practice guidelines and competency frameworks for visual screening in children. A focus group of approximately 75 minutes duration consisted of five orthoptists and two paediatric ophthalmologists with more...
Presenting and diagnostic signs of retinoblastoma
This study revisits the presenting signs of retinoblastoma (RB) in the context of current best practice with respect to diagnosis and assessment of RB. This was a retrospective review of 131 consecutive cases, excluding those with positive family history over...
