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Research & education group (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Working to improve eye health & eliminate avoidable blindness.

Publishers of the Community Eye Health Journal The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) is a research and education group based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). We work to improve eye health and eliminate avoidable visual impairment and blindness, with a focus on low-income populations. Research:
Our eye health research provides valuable information and evidence in support of the VISION 2020 initiative to eliminate global avoidable blindness. Explore ICEH research. Courses:
We run a one year, full-time MSc Public Health for Eye Care at LSHTM, and also short courses for eye care professionals. VISION 2020 LINKS programme:
This hospital partnership programme is improving eye care training in Africa and the UK. Community Eye Health Journal:
Our quarterly journal is sent free to eye care workers at all levels in countries where the burden of eye disease and blindness is greatest. Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium:
Coordinated by ICEH, the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium is a group of eye health organisations working together to deliver an exciting, integrated, five-year programme of fellowships, research and technology.

11/08/2025

📰 1/3 of people blind from cataract 'do not feel need' to get surgery in Nepal

Survey reveals biggest barriers to getting cataract surgery, including need, cost and fear

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/cataractNepal

14/07/2025

We don’t know how many children worldwide have problems with their eyesight. The best estimates suggest that globally, almost 450m children need glasses and around 2m are blind.

To learn effectively, children need to be able to see clearly. Children with poor eyesight in low- and middle-income countries are up to five times less likely to be in formal education.

The School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) enables programmes to understand not just the epidemiological data — such as how many children have vision-impairing versus non-vision-impairing conditions — but also what these specific conditions are. More importantly, it categorises them by the types of services that will be required to address them.

Nine SEHRAs have now been completed globally, with some wide-ranging impacts, including guiding national strategies and policy

Find out more about this methodology and what it's achieving 👉 https://bit.ly/4kDAygc

09/07/2025

📣 There are just over two weeks left to apply for funding to join the world-renowned Global Eye Health short course run by the International Centre for Eye Health, part of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

👁️ The four-day online course runs in November. It's for eye health leaders, ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and programme managers interested in strategies to tackle the huge unmet need in eye health, with an emphasis on low and middle-income settings.

Here's how you can apply for funding through the Peek Vision Foundation's Karen Sparrow Scholarship:

💻 Register for the short course through LSHTM: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/short-courses/eye-health
📩 Once you receive your confirmation email from LSHTM, forward this to scholarships@peekvision.org stating you wish to be considered for a scholarship
📅 The closing date for scholarship applications is 25th July 2025

Full details about the scholarship are on our website: https://peekvision.org/about/foundation/karen-sparrow-scholarship/

Photo: Vision screening in a school in Kenya using Peek. Credit: Rolex/Joan Bardeletti

01/07/2025

👨🏾‍🔬 “The key to successful policy change was good quality research within the local context, with all actors working together”

How do public health stakeholders successfully encourage policy change?

Find out with this example from ICEH, interviewing key actors in the process for translating child eye health research into national policy in Tanzania.

Read here 👉 https://bit.ly/4nxOfQw

03/06/2025

No countries on track to reach eREC target by 2030, study finds

New research gives estimates for the
World Health Organization (WHO) target in 76 countries over the last two decades, and models through to 2030

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3Zd9yw2

Photo credit © Melvin Rodriguez

30/05/2025

🌍 Applications now open for ICEH's world-renowned short course in Global Eye Health

Learn from global experts in eye health and learn how to plan an evaluate programmes

📅 3-6th November 2025

🖥️ Online (09:30 - 14:00 GMT)

Find out more and apply 👉 https://bit.ly/3Z48zOQ

28/05/2025

📰 People willing to procure next pair of glasses after experiencing them once, study finds

A study in India has investigated how willing people are to obtain their next pair of glasses, either for free or a price

Read about the findings here 👉 https://bit.ly/4kHZTWL

Photo credit © Shrikant Ayyangar, Mission for Vision

24/04/2025

We're excited to join VISION 2020/IAPB and the global eye health field in Kathmandu next week!!!

We're halfway to 2030 In Sight and working together has never been more important

09/04/2025

ISGEO is back for 2025! 🎉🎉

The International Society for Geographical & Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO) is a global organisation of ophthalmologists and eye care professionals who come together to share research and learning in the field.

Their annual Congress is happening this year for the first time since 2018.

Register now for free to watch the plenary sessions online: https://bit.ly/ISGEO2025online

The sessions are (Nepal time - NPT):

27th April 09:00 - 10:30 ‘Welcome and How do we improve eCSC and eREC?’

27th April 15:45 - 16:30 Elizabeth Cass lecture to be delivered by Prof. GVS Murthy: ‘Ophthalmic Research: The Driving Licence to Steer Change Effectively’

28th April 09:00 - 10:30 ‘Novel approaches to generating the evidence we need’

28th April 15:45 - 16:30 Closing session - takeaways and recognitions

(Please note registration for the in-person event has now closed)

31/03/2025

🇳🇵Major new survey shows rates of sight loss and causes in Nepal

1.1% are blind, and 65.2% have cataract

Read more 👉 http://bit.ly/NepalRAAB

21/02/2025

Very grateful to Andrew Blaikie and the Arclight project for their continued collaboration!

10/02/2025

ICEH is the grateful recipient of grants totalling more than £10m for our this year, for projects including , , , , and more

Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/ICEHgrants2025

We thank GiveWell Founders Pledge National Institute for Health and Care Research CBM Christian Blind Mission Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Livelihood Impact Fund, Velux Stiftung and Vision Catalyst Fund for their support

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http://www.iceh.org.uk/

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