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IAPB Blog is home to ideas, policy positions, findings, and stories that provides the context for eye health policy and practice. The views, ideas, technologies or policy positions in these blog posts belong to the authors and do not necessarily describe IAPB's position or views on these matters.
Screening

11.03.2021

Utilization of Digital Health to Strengthen Access to Glaucoma Care

Sangeun Nho

How digital technologies can be used for glaucoma screening...

  • Glaucoma,
  • Project BOM,
  • Vietnam,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Sumit

11.03.2021

The challenge of glaucoma care

Sumit Grover

  • COVID-19,
  • Glaucoma,
  • India,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Jalikatu

11.03.2021

Glaucoma: a hidden disease in Sierra Leone

Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha

Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha on glaucoma in Sierra Leone

  • Glaucoma,
  • Sierra Leone,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Q&A
Thomas

11.03.2021

What do patients want?

Dr Thomas Chengxuan Lu

Dr Thomas Chengxuan Lu asks what do patients want?

  • Australia,
  • Glaucoma,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Keith Martin

11.03.2021

Glaucoma researchers tackle COVID-19 eye care challenges

Keith Martin

Researchers are turning to technology to overcome the impact of COVID-19 on global eye care systems, writes the Centre for Eye Research Australia’s Professor Keith Martin.

  • Australia,
  • centre for eye research australia,
  • Glaucoma,
  • Research,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021

10.03.2021

Empowering refugees through the USee Vision System

Greg Wiens

  • Global Vision 2020
Examination

10.03.2021

A case for detecting glaucoma early in the community

Dr. Mohammed Abdull

Mohammed Abdull makes the case for detecting glaucoma early in the community...

  • Glaucoma,
  • sub-saharan africa,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Community screening

10.03.2021

Glaucoma blindness in Africa

Dr. Nkiru Kizor-Akaraiwe

Dr. Nkiru Kizor-Akaraiwe on glaucoma blindness in Africa...

  • Africa,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021

10.03.2021

Adapting Glaucoma Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Assoc Prof Monisha Esther Nongpiur

Monisha Esther Nongpiur on the changes COVID-19 brought in their practice...

  • COVID-19,
  • Glaucoma,
  • Singapore,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Belinda

10.03.2021

How can we best implement and scale shared-care models for chronic eye disease?

Belinda Ford

Belinda Ford on introduced task-sharing models of care to help manage patients with chronic eye diseases.

  • Australia,
  • Glaucoma,
  • UK,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021

09.03.2021

Improving Access to Glaucoma Care: A Population Health Priority

Paula Anne Newman-Casey

Paula Anne Newman-Casey on racial disparities in the US in glaucoma prevalence.

  • Glaucoma,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021
Old woman

09.03.2021

No One Should be denied Healthy Aging due to preventable vision loss

Mike Hodin

Mike Hodin on why we need to challenge ageist stereotypes that vision loss is a normal part of aging…

  • Glaucoma,
  • World Glaucoma Week,
  • World Glaucoma Week 2021