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Rb-NET: a network to save life and preserve vision in children in Africa

1 April 2018 | | Ocular Pathology and Oncology
Responding to need is a key element underpinning the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [1]. It is embedded in the process through which LINKS are established, with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) first defining their priority areas of training...

Collaborating across the Caribbean to tackle diabetic retinopathy

1 December 2017 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme has been running since 2004, with a focus on improving the quality and quantity of eye care training in low-income countries [1]. In 2014, the Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) was established [2]. This is a...

A three-way partnership between Nigeria, Tanzania and Northern Ireland

1 June 2015 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
VISION 2020 LINKS between Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT), Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Northern Ireland with first ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria and now also with Mbeya Referral Hospital (MRH), Tanzania, have been beneficial to all three partners. From...

IN FOCUS - The achievements and lasting effects of VISION 2020

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology
Blindness is a major public health problem globally. The first estimate of global blindness by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1972 provided a figure of 10 to 15 million, which was considered an underestimate [1]. In 1999, an extraordinary...

How do you solve the problem of trachoma in Ethiopia?

4 October 2023 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
Background Trachoma is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind and the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Spread by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis, it is transmitted through contact with the eyes, eyelids and nose of those infected. The...

Code4Health

1 August 2015 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Like many of the topics covered in this column this subject is not ophthalmic specific. Hopefully it is of sufficient interest to be relevant to this audience. Code4Health is a programme from NHS England that was announced in March 2015...

OSA Insights to Market win praise from members

31 October 2023 | OSA, Meetings, Events, Market insight, Opticians, E-Health
OSA members praised the breadth of optical market insights provided by the Autumn meeting this week as a broad spectrum of suppliers gathered in London, reinforcing the strength of the trade body.

Mastering clinical skills in ophthalmology

3 October 2022 | | Ophthalmology
To young junior doctors, and some senior doctors who may not have had much exposure to ophthalmology, the specialty can seem very foreign. Not only are the conditions and examination findings specific to the eyes, but the skill set required...

Optegra: Free CPD Webinar on Myopia

23 March 2022
@ 18:45 PM - 20:00 PM GMT

Working smarter not harder: How to transform eyecare delivery in the United Kingdom (part 1)

1 December 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry
Are we doing enough to meet the current demands on ophthalmic services? In part one of a two-part series (see Part 2 here), Rosalind Harrison takes a look at how efficiency has been improved in eyecare services in the US....

Topcon & OcuPlan: Importance of early AMD diagnosis and how to communicate with patients free interactive CPD session evening event (Derby)

16 May 2023
Join us for an interactive CPD session on the importance of early AMD diagnosis and how to communicate with patients. We are teaming up with Topcon to run 5 evening events over May, June and July. The two-part sessions will...

Topcon & OcuPlan: Importance of early AMD diagnosis and how to communicate with patients free interactive CPD session evening event (Sutton Coldfield)

6 June 2023
Join us for an interactive CPD session on the importance of early AMD diagnosis and how to communicate with patients. We are teaming up with Topcon to run 5 evening events over May, June and July. The two-part sessions will...