March 14, 2019

In Search of a Smart Silent Thief

Glaucoma Specialist

Organisation: National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Nigeria

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr Abdullahi Sadiq Mohammed takes to fiction to illustrate glaucoma's impact! Family members of a renowned Professor of medicine are yet to recover from the tragedy that had befallen them following a devastating and heart-breaking theft that resulted in a total loss of vision. It was a theft in broad daylight…

March 14, 2019

Glaucoma in South Korea

Sangchul Yoon

Ophthalmologist

Organisation: Severance Hospital

South Korea has been collecting epidemiological data regarding eye health from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) since 2008. A considerable amount of scientific articles have been published from this data about an ethnically homogeneous population with high myopia and prevalence of various eye diseases. The results of the survey emphasize the…

March 14, 2019

Overcoming Barriers and Scaling Glaucoma Treatment in Africa

Scott Lawrence

Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology and Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Tennessee

Organisation: Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr Scott Lawrence, Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology (KECIO) at the University of Michigan, writes about the three "As" of Glaucoma care in Africa. I had recently moved from my comfortable academic practice in the United States to work full-time in Ethiopia when SG, a 45-year-old mother of three young children, pushed…

March 14, 2019

Paediatric Glaucoma: Global Challenges and Emerging Solutions

Alana L. Grajewski

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of The Samuel & Ethel Balkan International Pediatric Glaucoma Center

Organisation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr. Alana L. Grajewski, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of The Samuel & Ethel Balkan International Pediatric Glaucoma Center at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at University of Miami discusses global challenges and emerging solutions for pediatric glaucoma. Paediatric glaucoma, also known as childhood glaucoma, is a group of diseases that…

March 12, 2019

Sub-Specialty Training is Key to Addressing Glaucoma

Angelia Rorison

Communications Manager

Organisation: Himalayan Cataract Project

For World Glaucoma Week, Angelia Rorison, Himalayan Cataract Project on why sub-Specialty Training is key to Addressing Glaucoma. Access to eye care services is one of the biggest challenges to providing glaucoma treatment in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in rural areas. Routine eye exams and basic treatment are often unavailable. Both are crucial components…

March 12, 2019

3rd International Glaucoma Symposium at Eye Foundation Hospital

Frances Unuode

Executive Assistant

Organisation: Eye Foundation Hospital

For World Glaucoma Week, Eye Foundation Hospital Group on their glaucoma symposium, discussing the priorities they identify in Africa... As we mark World Glaucoma Week 2019, we note the ongoing efforts and collaborations aimed at tackling the menace of Glaucoma in Nigeria. Glaucoma remains one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. It is…

March 12, 2019

Glaucoma in Latin America

Fabian Lerner

Professor and Head of Ophthalmology, University Favaloro School of Medical Sciences and President-Elect World Glaucoma Association

Organisation: University Favaloro School of Medical Sciences

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr Fabian Lerner discusses glaucoma in Latin America—a region where prevalence is poorly understood... Little is known about the prevalence of glaucoma in Latin America, as very few population-based studies are published in the literature. Moreover, there is no "one" population in Latin America, as, even within a country there are…

March 12, 2019

Glaucoma in Portugal

João Barbosa Breda

Glaucoma specialist, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João and Lecturer in Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

Organisation: Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr João Barbosa Breda, writes about glaucoma in Portugal. Dr Breda is part of Allergan Foundation's International Glaucoma Panel. In Portugal, the westernmost country of Europe, a recent study of national prescription data shows that 2.2% (231,634 inhabitants) of the total Portuguese population is under some type of eyedrops1. Moreover, in…

March 12, 2019

Hope and glaucoma – The need to advocate and educate

Mohd Aziz Husni

Head of Department & Consultant Ophthalmologist

Organisation: Hospital Selayang

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr Mohd Aziz Husni, a reluctant ophthalmologist on how hope led to him choosing glaucoma as his sub-speciality and why we need to advocate and educate... You can call me a reluctant ophthalmologist. Apart from 3 weeks of ophthalmology during medical school, I knew very little about it other than it…

March 12, 2019

Improving Accessibility to New Glaucoma Treatment Options

Chelvin Sng

Assistant Professor, National University Of Singapore and Consultant Ophthalmologist, National University Hospital

Organisation: National University Of Singapore

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr Chelvin Sng on how just early diagnosis of glaucoma isn't enough in Asia and Africa to save sight and the need to improve accessibility to new glaucoma treatment options... Glaucoma is the leading cause of global irreversible blindness, and glaucoma treatment, generally, prevents progression of the disease by reducing eye pressure.…

March 11, 2019

Glaucoma – a way forward

Sidi Mohammed Ezzouhairi

Head

Organisation: Glaucoma Center- Morocco

For World Glaucoma Week, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Ezzouhairi pens a personal piece touching on IOP in glaucoma, the conflict of interest for ophthalmologists and more... Glaucoma in Morocco, as in the rest of the world, represents the second leading cause of blindness. The burden of glaucoma, the silent thief of sight, is very high in…

March 11, 2019

Training surgeons through simulation: A BCBP-funded project

Emma McGuigan

Fundraising Manager

Organisation: British Council for Prevention of Blindness

For World Glaucoma Week, Emma McGuigan on how the British Council for Prevention of Blindness is helping train surgeons quickly to tackle conditions like glaucoma... I joined the British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB) in July 2017 as a Fundraising Manager. I was shocked at the time to find out about the prevalence of…

March 11, 2019

Improving the vision of glaucoma patients

Keith Martin

Managing Director, CERA and President World Glaucoma Association

Organisation: Centre for Eye Research Australia

For World Glaucoma Week, Keith Martin writes on glaucoma and his work which is focused on improving the vision of glaucoma patients. As President of the World Glaucoma Association, I think World Glaucoma Week is one of the most important contributions we make to raising awareness about glaucoma, a disease that remains the biggest cause…