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Attitudes to strabismus in an Ethiopian population

The authors conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in Gondar town (NW Ethiopia) in April 2019 of all eligible adults with a two-stage random sampling procedure for recruitment. Six hundred and two participants were included with a response rate of 94.9%...

Parental feedback on their needs from eye services for children with congenital cataracts

The aim of this study was to analyse non-directed parental feedback to health care providers responsible for paediatric cataract care in Sweden. This was a cross-sectional study including open-ended questions. Ninety percent were mothers, and most from Sweden (82.5%) with...

Vitreoretinal lymphoma: The importance of cerebral spinal fluid evaluation at initial diagnosis

This is a retrospective single centre case observational study between 2006 and 2024 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, to review patients with biopsy-proven central nervous system lymphoma and MRI brain evaluation. Sixth-five patients were included in this study, 11...

WATCH EPISODE 15: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission

Welcome to the 15th 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...

The Makassar-Dundee VISION 2020 LINK: a tale of two cities and two trainees

A resident’s view from Makassar My name is Hendra Kusuma, a final year resident (registrar) in the ophthalmology department at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, Indonesia. We have had a VISION 2020 LINK with Dundee (coordinated at the UK end by...

Does mitomycin C improve success rates in DCR surgery?

The authors present a meta-analysis of the use of mitomycin C (MMC) as an adjunct in dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery. Fifteen randomised control trials were included. There was a degree of heterogeneity in the surgical technique used, however, the MMC is...

Blinking blepharitis has a lot to answer for…

Never ignore the small things’…someone once said. There is no doubt blepharitis is one of the most common eye conditions encountered daily, but with the typical pressures of a busy outpatient department, the management of more obvious, sight-threatening conditions necessarily...

A new apprenticeship to train specialists in children’s eyecare and vision problems

A pioneering apprenticeship has launched that will create new opportunities for people to train as eyecare specialists while helping to tackle growing vision problems in children and adults across England. For the first time, aspiring orthoptists can now train through...

Standby for standards: Ophthalmic imaging

The Ophthalmic Imaging Associating (OIA) will propose and publish a volume of refined standards for Ophthalmic and Vision Science. These will be reviewed by the OIA membership at its annual conference in November 2025 and released thereafter. The OIA is...

Katie Piper and a host of stars mark World Sight Day 2025 with International Eye Care Charity Orbis

To celebrate World Sight Day, Orbis, the international eyecare charity, hosted an intimate breakfast event this morning at the historic St Pancras London Hotel, situated in King’s Cross. The gathering brought together high-profile people from the worlds of entertainment, fashion,...

“We’ve done it!”  Blind London lawyer and boss climb 24 peaks in 24 hours for charity, SeeAbility

“We’ve done it!” Blind London lawyer and his sighted boss succeed in climbing 24 peaks in 24 hours raising tens of thousands of pounds for 225-year-old disability charity SeeAbility.

BOAS 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting

We are excited to announce the upcoming 23rd BOAS Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held at the prestigious Royal Society of Medicine in London on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th September 2025. This event offers an exceptional opportunity for...