A common admonition from parents and grandparents, based simply on intuition, but now backed by science. “Blue light” — the type…
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OSN Newsletter Nov-Dec 2018
In this issue, Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact. World Sight Day 2018…
LSHTM offers free course on Eliminating Trachoma
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is offering a free online course that aims to inform and…
OSN Newsletter Jul-Aug 2018
In this issue, Dr. B.G.K. Ajayi, an icon of Ophthalmology in Nigeria and past President of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria,…
OSN Strategic Map 2018-2022 document released
Rising from the 43rd AGM and Scientific Conference held in Abuja, August 30th – September 1st 2018, the Ophthalmological Society…
Ghana eliminates trachoma
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…