Nick Astbury

Previous Clinical Associate Professor

International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM, UK.

Latest Contribution

Patient education talk at the special WSD screening session in the St Joseph Health District.

VISION 2020 LINKS Programme and DR-NET World Sight Day Workshop

7 December 2020 | | 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, EYE - General

World Sight Day (WSD) was celebrated globally on 8 October 2020 [1]. From Australia and the Pacific to the Americas, via Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, awareness-raising and advocacy activities took place throughout the day, to focus attention on unnecessary...

Photo of Zishan Naeem with patients and staff of the paediatric ophthalmology service, Harare.

Development of retinoblastoma services in Zimbabwe

5 June 2020 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Zimbabwe recognised the need for a paediatric ophthalmology service almost 20 years ago. The economic uncertainty in the country made it difficult to secure financial support, so initial funding came through local donors. Equipment – including vision charts, ophthalmoscopes and...

Joachim Kilemile and Moin Mohamed photo

Diabetic Retinopathy Network laser training programme

5 February 2020 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

The VISION 2020 Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) was established in 2014 to tackle the increasing burden of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in developing countries [1]. By forming a network of long-term LINK capacity-building partnerships, learning and best practice can...