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ARN in North Africa
1 December 2015
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Acute retinal necrosis, herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster virus, North Africa, polymerase chain reaction, retinal detachment
Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a rare cause of uveitis. This paper aims to outline the clinical features of 12 patients with ARN in a referral centre in Tunisia, North Africa. A retrospective review of case notes was carried out....
VISION 2020 LINKS: Retinoblastoma in Africa
1 October 2015
| Marcia Zondervan, Lindsay Hampejsková, Sunday Abuh, Sharai Shamu, Mayuri Makan, Rosie Brennan, M Ashwin Reddy, Richard Bowman
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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
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme is part of the ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness [1]. The LINKS Programme works with overseas eye departments to help identify priorities and match their priority needs with...
Task shifting for eye care in Eastern Africa
More than eight million people suffer with trichiasis due to trachoma globally, but less than 160,000 receive surgery per year even though “S” is a key aspect of the elimination of blindness due to trachoma as part of the WHO...Prevalence and related factors for strabismus and amblyopia in Africa
1 December 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Africa, amblyopia, meta-analysis, strabismus, systematic review
The aim of this study was to overview the literature in relation to strabismus and amblyopia and associated risk factors in Africa. The review included 24 papers; eight for strabismus and 21 for amblyopia. Sample sizes ranged from 352 to...
Addressing childhood blindness in sub-Saharan Africa
2 August 2024
| Barnabas Mshangila, Furahini Godfrey Mndeme, Bernadetha Robert Shilio, Rosie Brennan, Covadonga Bascaran
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
In this article, the authors explore paediatric ophthalmology subspecialist fellowship training in African nations south of the Sahara. Until recently, most African ophthalmologists who wished to pursue a subspecialty ophthalmology training fellowship had to go abroad. There is a huge...
Back-to-back congresses in Africa highlight international collaboration to advance eye health
4 December 2023
| Marcia Zondervan, Dorothy Mutie, Gladys Atto, Wanjiku (Ciku) Mathenge, Mattan Arazi, Ido Didi Fabian, Covadonga Bascaran
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Ophthalmology
The ISOO Africa 2023 Congress The first International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) [1] conference to be held in Africa took place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 21-23 August 2023. Participants came from all over Africa, as well as the US,...
Africa makes strides in tackling blinding eye diseases: highlights of annual conference
1 December 2022
| Shaffi Mdala, Chinsisi Namate Nyirenda, Thokozani Zungu, Moira Gandiwa, Muchai Gachago, Nick Astbury, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran
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Ophthalmology
Introduction The 9th Annual Scientific Conference of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) was held at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi in September 2022. The meeting was hosted by the Ophthalmological Society...
Glaucoma-NET: a novel way of improving glaucoma management in sub-Saharan Africa
1 June 2022
| Fatima Kyari, Affiong Ibanga, Adeola Onakoya, Heiko Philippin, Winifred Nolan, William Dean, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran, Andrew Tatham
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Cornea
Background Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide [1]. People with untreated glaucoma suffer from irreversible, progressive loss of sight. The disease is characterised by progressive loss of visual field, with pathological cupping of the optic disc...
Building leaders for eye care in Africa: the COECSA-RCOphth VISION 2020 LINK
1 April 2015
| Nick Astbury, Denise Mabey, Josiah Onyango, Marcia Zondervan
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, 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
The VISION 2020 LINK [1] between the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has been building leaders of eye care in Africa since 2008, when a Memorandum of Understanding...
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...
Paediatric ophthalmology training in Africa through the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK
1 December 2018
| Ben Parkin, Narman Puvanachandra, Henrietta Holmes-Smith, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi Njeri, Joseph Monday, Marcia Zondervan
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
One of the aims of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) is to provide specialist ophthalmic training for practising ophthalmologists from its 11 member countries. A number of initiatives are enabling more ophthalmologists to undertake...
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...