Ghana has become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to to successfully eliminate trachoma eye disease as a public health…
LSHTM offers free course on Planning and Managing Eye Care Services
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is offering a free online course that equips participants with know-how…
New collaboration to prevent childhood blindness in Nigeria
More than 1.5 million children in Nigeria are expected to benefit from a new multi-sectoral collaboration aimed at preventing…
“VISION 2020” Initiative
VISION 2020 – The Right To Sight, is a joint global eye health initiative of the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Global Action Plan on Universal Eye Health
The Global Eye Health Action Plan 2014–2019 (GAP) is an adopted resolution of the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly (WHA66.4) aimed…
OSN Newsletter Nov-Dec 2017
In this issue, the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) marks 160 years of improving eye health worldwide. New statistics about…
Common childhood eye disorders in Nigeria
A paediatric outpatient study of 335 children aged 10 – 14 years, conducted between 2005 – 2007 in South-East Nigeria…
National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey
4.25 million adults aged 40 years and older in Nigeria are visually impaired or blind. Between 2005 – 2007, a…