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To create and implement an online training model to build capacity for glaucoma screening in low and middle income countries
The project
Glaucoma is the leading irreversible cause of global blindness. Though trials show that early treatment prevents most vision loss, only 10% of patients in low and middle-incomeShow More
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To reduce the incidence of blindness and visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy in Nepal by increasing awareness, screening and treatment using a systematic portable fundus photography-based screening program and training eye health staff
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To provide cataract surgeries, diabetic retinopathy screening and physician training in western Odisha state
The projectThe western Odisha state is an impoverished region in India with a population of over 10 million people, a large proportion of whom are Adivasis ('Scheduled Tribes'). Access to ophthalmicShow More
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To increase the number of cataract surgeries performed each year in Dodoma region, Tanzania
The projectAs the global burden of cataract blindness has increased from 1990 to 2015, the incidence of new cases in Dodoma region, Tanzania, has alsoShow More
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To promote school-based vision screening for young people in Bangladesh
The project
Bangladesh is a country of 63 million people of whom 30% are 15 years of age or younger, mostly schoolchildren. It is reported that 52 out of every 1,000 children areShow More
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To train teachers to screen children for visual impairment in Nnewi South, Anambra, Nigeria
The projectChildhood visual loss is a public health concern in Nigeria where its prevalence and incidence are high,Show More
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To provide training and treatment for trachoma to aid indigenous groups living in remote areas of the Brazilian Amazon
The projectBrazilian indigenous groups comprise approximately 500 thousand individuals, representing about 1% of the Brazilian population. Trachoma is a disease closely related to livingShow More
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To reduce visual impairment due to corneal disease and refractive errors in Ghana
The projectThe 2015 Ghana Blindness and Visual Impairment Study identified refractive errors (44%) and cataracts (42%) as principal causes of severe visual impairment. Education of the 97 ophthalmologists and 370 optometrists present in Ghana inShow More
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To develop an artificial intelligence-supported, patient-centric diabetic retinopathy screening and referral system in Guyana
The project
Guyana is among the poorest countries in South America, with a high prevalence of diabetes (11.2%) and a small population spread over a large area. DiabetesShow More
