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Enhancing glaucoma awareness and management in Nigeria – from grass roots to national policy development

5 June 2023 | Fatima Kyari, Oteri Okolo, Elizabeth Awoyesuku, Adedeji Akinyemi, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan | EYE - General

This is the second in a series (see Part 1 here) of three articles about strengthening eye health services in Nigeria through collaboration with the LINKS and Networks run at the International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM. This article highlights...

Appeal for fundus cameras and OCT machines for Nigeria

29 January 2021

Nigeria has the highest population of people living with diabetes mellitus (DM) in sub-Saharan Africa. As at 2013 the population of people living with DM stood at 4.9 million, of whom an estimated 1.7 million had diabetic retinopathy (DR). There is currently no national DR screening and treatment programme.

Sustainability in ophthalmology and healthcare: An overview

2 April 2025 | Pammal T Ashwin | EYE - General

Finally, even staunch sceptics are coming around to recognising that climate change is real and that we should do something about it. But how proximal the threat is and at what pace change has to happen is not universally agreed...

Leading sight loss charity reveals urgent need for change in attitudes towards blind mothers

28 March 2025 | NHS Scotland, RNIB, Call for Change, Patient Stories, sight loss

Ahead of Mothers’ Day, leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has released research that shows the barriers faced by mothers with sight loss during pregnancy and into their first years of motherhood. This research...

Managing a patient with ptosis

1 August 2015 | Bertie S Fernando, David Cheung | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit

A 50-year-old male patient is referred from the Accident & Emergency department with a history of ptosis. How will you manage this patient? Mr Bertie Fernando Clinical management Clinical management starts with a sound clinical history. Current history The history...

The screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity

1 December 2013 | B Manoj, F Dean | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

A male child is born at 31 weeks and requires 100% oxygen supplementation with intensive care. What would be the ophthalmic management of this child? In the first instance, it will be useful to know the screening criteria and protocol....

Traumatic optic neuropathy

1 October 2021 | Ali Yagan | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General

In neuro-ophthalmology we get asked a lot about management of patients who suffered significant trauma and presented with loss of vision secondary to presumed traumatic optic neuropathy (TON). TON happens usually in the context of significant craniofacial trauma. The incidence...

Surgical strategies to manage incomitant strabismus in adults

5 April 2022 | Ali Yagan | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General

Incomitant vertical and / or horizontal strabismus is a challenging presentation. Patients are usually symptomatic as the onset is either sudden so they haven’t developed any coping mechanisms or very complex so that any coping mechanisms will not cover all...

The role of aspirin in the treatment of NAION: Benefits and controversies

4 December 2024 | Ali Yagan | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology

Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is the most common acute optic neuropathy in individuals over 50 with estimated prevalence of 2–10 per 100,000 people, characterised by sudden, unilateral vision loss due to ischaemic injury to the optic nerve head....

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