International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)
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Research & education group, part of @LSHTM. Working to improve eye health & eliminate avoidable blindness worldwide. Publishers of @CEHJournal
London, United Kingdom
Joined August 2011
👓 Almost 450m children worldwide need #glasses . The School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) is a tool to find children with #eyeconditions and treat them . Nine SEHRAs have now been completed and are having a wide-ranging impact . Read more 👉
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👨🏾🔬 “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 👉
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RT @KEMRI_Kenya: KEMRI, & partners, are conducting a 10-days EARN Trial pilot training. The training is led by KEMRI’s @sashKaranja, @LSHTM….
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No countries on track to reach eREC target by 2030, study finds. New research gives estimates for the @WHO indicator in 76 countries over the last two decades, and models through to 2030. Read more 👉
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📸 Photo credit: Shrikant Ayyangar, Mission for Vision.
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🌍 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 👉
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📰 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 👉
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We're excited to join @IAPB1 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
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✍️ Register now for free for the #ISGEO2025 Congress online to watch plenaries 27-28th April . Hear from experts in global ophthalmology and the latest on vital issues in the filed . Sign up and more information 👉
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🇳🇵Major new survey shows rates of sight loss and causes in Nepal . 1.1% are blind, and 65.2% have cataract . Read more 👉
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Peek’s software support NGOs, governments and hospitals to deliver eye care in Africa and Asia. This video showcases our partnership with @DrShroffs in India, where screeners use Peek to find people with vision loss in rural villages and connect them to life-changing treatment.
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ICEH Professors Matthew Burton & Andrew Bastawrous talk about a new trial that will dispense glasses to people with #presbyopia, to assess the effect on finances and quality of life . Thank you to @GiveWell, @FoundersPledge and Livelihood Impact Fund for this new grant 👓.
100s of millions of people live without reading glasses, affecting quality of life & costing the economy🌏. Matthew Burton & Andrew Bastawrous discuss new trials in India & Kenya measuring impact of near #vision glasses.
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RT @arclightprojec1: A brilliant picture from @ICEH_LSHTM at the @LSHTM where last week Dr. Andrew Blaikie was teaching on the Masters in P….
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ICEH is the grateful recipient of grants totalling more than £10m for our #research this year, for projects including #AI, #healtheconomics, #refractiveerror, #childeyehealth, #glaucoma and more . Find out more 👉
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📰 ICEH receives £4m funding to improve child eye health. Thanks to @NIHRresearch, ICEH and partners in 🇹🇿 and 🇳🇵will create a template for including eye health as a regular part of child health screening, potentially treating millions . Read more 👉
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