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Strengthening capacity for ophthalmic research within three East African VISION 2020 LINKS – The Research Mentorship Workshop

1 August 2018 | | Ophthalmology
Building capacity for ophthalmic research in low- and middle-income countries is an important aim of the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme. The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been working...

The results of the last survey Oct20

5 October 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Glaucoma, Cataract and Refractive
The point of this series is to find variations in practice and to raise them to you, the readership, so you can review and reflect upon them. I am aware there is not always a ‘correct’ way of doing things,...

In conversation with Dr Monicah Bitok, Global Inclusive Eye Health Advisor (CBM)

22 April 2022 | Ophthalmology, COVID-19, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Eye News spoke to Dr Monicah Bitok, Global Inclusive Eye Health Advisor with the Christian Blind Mission (CBM), about the rise in diabetes-related preventable blindness, systemic ophthalmic changes in low- and middle-income countries, and the impacts of a COVID-19-induced backlog...

Neovascular AMD: fresh recommendations underline standards of best practice

1 December 2013 |
The management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) has advanced dramatically over the past seven years, with the introduction of targeted new therapies that successfully maintain or improve vision in a majority of affected individuals. It’s a fast moving field,...

A practical guide to anisocoria

1 February 2018 | | Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
Anisocoria means the presence of difference in the size of the right and left pupils. It is a sign of an abnormality in the efferent pathway. The first question facing the ophthalmologist is to ascertain if anisocoria is present or...

Global health and conflict: the unseen consequences

27 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Orbit, Emergency Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
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...

AI breakthrough in detecting leading cause of childhood blindness

3 May 2023 | AI, blindness, Children
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool could be an effective way of identifying retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of childhood blindness in middle-income countries, finds a new study led by UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital researchers.

Leading eyecare charity Orbis celebrates the 20th anniversary of Cybersight

8 September 2023 | Orbis, charity, Telemedicine, e-learning, app, Cybersight
Orbis celebrates the 20th anniversary of its award-winning telemedicine and e-learning platform, Cybersight.

Stoke Hospital commemorates fifth anniversary

11 March 2024 | CHEC, community, services, eyecare, cataract, private, healthcare
CHEC marks five year milestone with community celebration.

Understanding amniotic membrane grafts

1 June 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
Safa Elhassan gives a brief review of amniotic membrane grafts and their application in theatre and clinic-based settings. Amniotic membrane (AM) transplant has been an established adjuvant treatment for many corneal, conjunctival and scleral disorders in ophthalmic clinical practice with...

Envision Glasses – a different take on a sight impairment wearable (part 1)

1 December 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry
In recent issues we reviewed the OrCam MyEye Pro, a glasses mounted mobile device that can assist sight impaired users. This time we are taking a look at the Envision Glasses, a comparable device that takes a different approach (see...

The results of the last survey Feb21

4 February 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
Once again, I am grateful for the responses and read the results with interest. I am always surprised by the amount of practice variation I see. I fully accept there is art in what we do and there is no...