Teacher learns how to help students get an A+ in eye health

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Kenya, Our Work, Prevention
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Janeffer Chepchumba has been teaching at Uhuru Primary School in Nakuru County, Kenya for seven years. In 2013, she added a new topic to her students’ curriculum: eye health. Last fall, the Seeing is Believing Child Eye Health Project, one of our partnerships with Standard Chartered Bank, began training teachers of sighted children in Nakuru… Continue Reading Teacher learns how to help students get an A+ in eye health

Smart phone app developed to screen for vision problems

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Kenya, Our Work, Prevention
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Tackling childhood blindness and visual impairment in low-income countries presents considerable challenges. Infrastructure and human resources are seriously lacking, and systems for accurately testing children for eye conditions and improving follow-up rates are often non-existent or inadequate. If there was a way to improve the way that children’s eyesight is screened and treated across low-income… Continue Reading Smart phone app developed to screen for vision problems

Blindness from ‘sugar disease’: Be aware and be safe!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Ghana, Our Work, Prevention
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Did you know diabetes is the single most prevalent cause of blindness in Canada? The Canadian Diabetes Association warns that if you have diabetes, you’re more likely to develop diabetic retinopathy (serious changes to the retina). You are also more likely to develop cataracts at a younger age, and twice as likely to develop glaucoma.… Continue Reading Blindness from ‘sugar disease’: Be aware and be safe!

Mobilization! The war against trachoma (Part 1 of 2)

| By Lorie Gibson, former Vice-President of International Programs
Categories: Our Work, Prevention
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This week, we present the first of a two-part story about the ongoing battle against blinding trachoma, a terrible infectious disease that is one of the leading causes of avoidable blindness globally. The World Health Organization, together with partners like Operation Eyesight and local Ministries of Health, has invested huge resources into eliminating trachoma by… Continue Reading Mobilization! The war against trachoma (Part 1 of 2)

Lower that blood pressure; protect your vision!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Our Work, Prevention
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This Sunday, we mark World Health Day, a day to commemorate the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 7, 1948. Every year, the WHO chooses a theme with global public health significance; and this year’s theme is high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, or hypertension, you are probably familiar… Continue Reading Lower that blood pressure; protect your vision!