Matthew Burton

Professor of Global Eye Health and Director of the International Centre for Eye Health

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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Photo showing Slit-lamp maintenance overseen by Paul Lawrance.

Impact of Eye Health Surveys and Partnerships in The Gambia

4 October 2023 | | Ophthalmology

This article brings together the three national eye health surveys that have been undertaken in The Gambia between 1986 and 2019 and the impact that the results have had nationally and internationally. In it we describe the long-term capacity-strengthening for...

Table showing Health economic studies by Global Burden of Disease Super Region and condition.

The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020

2 August 2022 | | Ophthalmology

Introduction The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health was published in 2021 [1]. Drawing on expertise from within and outside the eye health sector, the Commission set out to: inform governments and other stakeholders about the path forward...