{"id":9596,"date":"2025-02-10T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:20:59","slug":"latest-grants-for-iceh-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/latest-grants-for-iceh-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest grants received by ICEH announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Image credit: Hugh Bassett<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Centre for Eye Health is the grateful recipient of several new research grants in 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A $4.8m grant from Givewell, the Founder&#8217;s pledge and Livelihood Impact Fund for a clinical trial which will provide near-vision glasses for adults in Kenya and India, assessing the impact on income and quality of life. 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