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How to diagnose and treat Acanthamoeba keratitis

1 February 2019 | Jaya Chidambaram | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

Corneal ulceration caused by Acanthamoeba is on the rise, and recent publications indicate an outbreak in the UK over the last few years [1]. Since Acanthamoeba keratitis often presents with atypical features, diagnosis from slit-lamp examination alone can often be...

Paediatric ophthalmology training in Africa through the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK

1 December 2018 | Ben Parkin, Narman Puvanachandra, Henrietta Holmes-Smith, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi Njeri, Joseph Monday, Marcia Zondervan | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General

One of the aims of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) is to provide specialist ophthalmic training for practising ophthalmologists from its 11 member countries. A number of initiatives are enabling more ophthalmologists to undertake...

The ocular manifestations of COVID-19: an overview of current literature

6 April 2021 | Amal Minocha | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology

Although respiratory symptoms are the most frequent manifestation of COVID-19, multi-organ involvement has been demonstrated, including ocular manifestations. The author investigates how the eye can be affected. The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a significant public...

Assessing the effectiveness of undergraduate ophthalmic assessments in the UK: A literature review

2 June 2025 | Connor Henry-Blake, Elisabeth Baggus, Muhammed Jawad | EYE - General

During 2008–2009, 300,000 patients presented to hospital emergency departments in the UK with eye conditions. This rose by nearly 200,000 over the next decade. As the population ages, the prevalence of eye disease increases [1,2]. However, the stake ophthalmology holds...

IN FOCUS - VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the contribution of health partnerships to reduction in blindness worldwide

1 April 2020 | Marcia Zondervan, Gerald Msukwa, Josiah Onyango, Mike Burdon, Allen Foster (Prof) | EYE - General

As other articles in this series (IN FOCUS Apr 2020) demonstrate, the year 2020 is highly significant in the eye care field. Naming a global initiative ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ in 1999 was a daring way to focus...

A brief history of colour vision

1 April 2019 | Andrew Want | EYE - General

Andrew Want takes a look at how colour vision has evolved in humans and animals and how it differs across species. Colour vision is something that we often take for granted, but it has become so intrinsic to the way...

Designing ophthalmology services Part 3: How do we address the queues post‑COVID-19?

5 August 2020 | Martin Dowdal, Caspar Gibbon, Kate Silvester | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Part 1 of this series available herePart 2 of this series available here There is going to be enormous demand on ophthalmology services as they start to welcome patients back. The authors explain how modelling can help make the most...

Quiz Jun/Jul 2024

3 June 2024 | Christopher Bell, Naomi Kamanga, Ankur Raj | EYE - Oncology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Pathology, EYE - General

History A one-year-old girl originally presented with a red eye, initially bilaterally and later in the left only. On examination a membrane was found on the tarsal conjunctiva of the upper eyelid (Figure 1). Figure 1: Anterior segment. Serum plasminogen...

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