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VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the Madagascar-Leeds LINK

1 December 2014 | Aditi Das, John Buchan, Marcia Zondervan | 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

Madagascar is a fascinating and culturally rich island which has an ‘exotic’ status in most people’s eyes. Yet it is among the poorest countries in the world. According to the World Bank, 92% of the population live on less than...

Animal antics for children with vision impairment

20 March 2024 | RNIB, charity, children, young people, zoo, community, events, Shape and Share

Nine families with children with vision impairment got up to some animal antics at a mini zoo in Perth, thanks to the charity RNIB.

Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme

1 December 2013 | Marcia Zondervan, Claire Walker | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus

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...