Iceh News
Three scholarship opportunities available for MSc in Public Health for Eye Care
We are announcing three current scholarship opportunities for the MSc PHEC course for 2024/25. See various deadlines and application requirements below: 1. LSHTM Fund Scholarship - Deadline 4 March 2024 2. GSK Scholarship for...
High levels of hypertension, obesity, diabetes and multimorbidity found in The Gambia during national eye health survey
High levels of non-communicable diseases have been found in The Gambia as part of a national eye health survey. The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019 was the third national survey in The Gambia completed by ICEH and collaborators. The survey was designed to...
International Centre for Eye Health receives Inaugural Vision Catalyst Fund Eye Health Accelerator Grant
The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) is a proud recipient of an Inaugural Eye Health Accelerator Grant by the Vision Catalyst Fund (VCF). VCF are a funder for eye health services in lower and middle-income countries who aim to meet the needs of global sight...
Trachoma Risk Factors in Oromia, Ethiopia, Outlined for First Time
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Caused by repeated infections with the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), it eventually results in the inward turning of the eyelashes, scratching against the cornea and leading to pain, sight loss and...
New Indicator of Access of Cataract Care Demonstrated
A team led by the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) have demonstrated a new indicator that assesses how long people at risk of cataract need to travel to treatment. Increasing age is a risk factor for developing cataract. Therefore, when planning...
ICEH Announces New Public Eye Health Clinical Fellows
© Nick Burn / CBM Earlier this year the International Centre for Eye Health, in conjunction with the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and the Fred Hollows Foundation announced an 18-month fellowship training programme to strengthen individual capacity in public health...
Artificial Intelligence for Diabetic Retinopathy in LMICs: The Research So Far
Image: © Ashley Gilbertson / Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise many areas of healthcare. Alongside improving healthcare in high income countries, it promises rapid gains in low- and middle-income...
Peek Vision meets with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
Prof Andrew Bastawrous with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Twenty-four million Nigerians are currently living with sight loss, yet less than 0.0002% of the country's current health budget is spent on eye health. In an historic meeting last week, ICEH Professor Andrew...
Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness launches new programme for trainers
Image: © Rolex / Joan Bardeletti. The Peek visual acuity test, part of the RAAB7 software Efforts to improve eye health globally requires an evidence base on the prevalence and type of vision impairment in a particular area. This data is essential in planning services...