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Beyond 2020: An educational video series from the Amazonian rainforest
It has been estimated that one billion people globally live with visual impairment. Moreover, countries in the developing world are disproportionately affected, with four times more low vision than compared to countries with well-established systems of primary, secondary and tertiary...The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020
2 August 2022
| Matthew Burton, Hannah Faal, Jacqueline Ramke, Nyawira Mwangi, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran
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EYE - General
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...
Specsavers joins IAPB to advocate for better eye health
The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) proudly welcomes Specsavers as a pivotal new member, joining the global alliance for the eye health sector in the fight against avoidable sight loss. "For more than four decades, Specsavers has...Orbis launches podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech
7 December 2020
A new podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech to curb rise in preventable blindness has been launched by international eye health charity, Orbis.
The Retina International World Congress will take place in Dublin from June 5-8
The Retina International World Congress hosted by Fighting Blindness will take place in Dublin, Ireland, from June 5-8.Leading eye care charity Orbis teams up with Espresso Solutions to celebrate Father’s Day
This Father’s Day, Orbis are offering everyone the chance to win a top-of-the-line coffee machine.
Long-term outcomes after acute primary angle closure
2 June 2025
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Glaucoma
This is a retrospective observational study including 121 eyes of 117 consecutive patients with acute primary angle closure (APAC) over a four-year period, between 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014. Seventy-three percent had achieved visual acuities of ≥ 6/12,...
My Top Five - Social movements changing eyecare awareness
2 April 2025
| U Leo Chanda, Vartika Garg
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EYE - General
Throughout recent years, the rise of the digital age has allowed for social movements to receive far greater awareness than was ever deemed possible. As a result, significant attention has been drawn towards initiatives focusing on a range of health...
What's trending Oct/Nov 2022
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #teammates #warringtonwolves #keratoconus Robbie Mulhern, a professional rugby league player for Warrington Wolves, had never heard of keratoconus prior to...Les Misérables
1 October 2014
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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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
I recently had the signal pleasure of undergoing Part 2 of the FRCOphth exit exam and could not help but wonder at how examiners could on the whole be easily categorised into certain subtypes which readers may find fascinating. This...
Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme
1 December 2013
| Marcia Zondervan, Claire Walker
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...
The International Centre for Eye Health: weaving the global threads together
4 October 2023
| Marcia Zondervan, Hannah Faal, Covadonga Bascaran
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EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS & Networks Programme has been writing regular articles in Eye News about its capacity-strengthening activities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for more than a decade. This, the first International Issue, is a landmark for Eye...
