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Understanding amniotic membrane grafts

1 June 2019 | Safa Elhassan | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

Safa Elhassan gives a brief review of amniotic membrane grafts and their application in theatre and clinic-based settings. Amniotic membrane (AM) transplant has been an established adjuvant treatment for many corneal, conjunctival and scleral disorders in ophthalmic clinical practice with...

International medical graduates in ophthalmology

4 December 2023 | Abdelrahman Obiedat | EYE - General

IMGs in the NHS The General Medical Council (GMC) defines an international medical graduate (IMG) as someone who has obtained their primary medical qualification outside the European Economic Area (EEA) [1], meaning that an IMG is a medical doctor whose...

Paediatric ophthalmology training in Malawi through the Vision 2020 LINKS Programme: a decade of partnership

1 December 2016 | Tim Lavy, Gerald Msukwa, Janice Waterson Wilson, Coral Brady, Marcia Zondervan | 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

Blinding eye disease in children can lead to a lifetime of dependence and non-productivity for the person afflicted. Sometimes a relatively simple condition such as a refractive error can lead to irreversible disability that could, if caught in time, have...

Cementing a VISION 2020 LINK partnership between Blantyre and Liverpool – building capacity for DR services alongside research

1 August 2016 | Petros Kayange, Gerald Msukwa, Michael Briggs, Marcia Zondervan, Nicholas Beare | 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

Malawi is a small land-locked country in eastern Africa with a growing population of over 17 million people. About 45% of the population is aged 14 or under; only 5% are aged 60 or over. The gross national income per...

Fight for Sight to maximise impact by funding solutions-focused research in priority eye conditions

1 August 2018 | Rod McNeil | EYE - General

Fight for Sight aims to stop sight loss by funding pioneering research. Rod McNeil takes a look at the Primer Fellowship Awards programme, which provides funding for up to £60,000 for individuals to undertake vision-related research for one year. Among...

Diary from my elective: a Parisian experience

2 December 2019 | Nikolaos Tzoumas | EYE - General

The author explains how a research institute’s dedication to multidisciplinary collaboration helped him to discover a passion for academic ophthalmology. The elective aspect to the final year of a medical degree, through its change of scenery and immersion into another...

Observership in Dar es Salaam

4 December 2023 | Shafak Toufeeq, Nigel Griffith | EYE - General

In this report, both authors present their personal experiences of an observership at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) Hospital, a large regional teaching hospital located in Dar es Salaam, with a particular focus on resource management, attitudes...

The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness: How ICEH maintains the cornerstone of global eye health data

2 October 2025 | Islay Mactaggart, Ian McCormick, Jacqueline Ramke, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton | EYE - General

In this paper we will discuss The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB), a survey methodology that has become the single largest source of population eye health data globally. The origins of RAAB The RAAB is a rapid, population-based survey...

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