Iceh News
World Sight Day: Global Eye Health Indicator Estimates Published for First Time
By Matthew Burton, Jacqui Ramke and Ian McCormick Today is World Sight Day, a day to raise global awareness about eye health which asks us to ‘Love Our Eyes’. A new report from the World Health Organization, based on new analyses, extending work from the Lancet Global...
On the Death of Her Majesty the Queen
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty the Queen. We are very grateful for the considerable support that Her Majesty gave to addressing avoidable sight loss worldwide. The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust supported the Commonwealth Eye Health...
Children in low-income countries 16 times more likely to die from most common eye cancer
Children with the eye cancer retinoblastoma in a low-income country are at 16 times higher risk of dying at any time within three years of diagnosis than those in high-income countries, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health. The...
Unequal eye care practices threaten sustainability across health care, study finds
Health care services are substantial contributors to national greenhouse gas emission totals, representing 10% in the USA, 7% in Australia, 5% in Canada and Japan, and 4% in the UK. Eye care, as a high-volume service, likely forms a substantial part of these...
Diabetic Retinopathy Network Publishes Research compendium
ICEH's Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) has published a collection of research related to diabetic retinopathy programmes in Sub-Saharan African. The research has been created by members of the network working in screening and treatment programmes in Africa. The...
ICEH Celebrates 40th Anniversary
This year is ICEH's 40th anniversary. Our centre started from humble beginnings: a single ophthalmologist committed to improving eye health worldwide through a new concept of 'community eye health'. From a small team working on a shoestring to improve infectious...
Improving eye health essential to achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Testing intraocular pressure during community screening in Nigeria. Image: Gideon Okorie Improving access to good quality eye health services globally is a key enabler to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to...
New Equipment Guidelines for Blinding Child Disease Released
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of preventable blindness in babies born prematurely. Infants born pre-term can experience disruption to the blood vessels at the back of the eye, leading to one in six babies with the condition developing severe...
Focus on: Retinoblastoma Network
The news regularly reports amazing new cancer treatments, promising life-saving and life-changing results for those affected by the myriad of different forms of the disease. Yet millions around the world are unable to receive even the most basic level of care afforded...