About us

The Community Eye Health Journal is published by the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London. It addresses the elimination of avoidable blindness and focuses on countries where the burden of preventable blindness is greatest. Guided by the Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness by 2020 - VISION 2020: the Right to Sight, the journal prioritises three key areas:

  • disease control (with emphasis on VISION 2020 priority diseases such as cataract, childhood blindness, trachoma, refractive error and onchocerciasis)

  • human resource development

  • infrastructure and technology.

Articles combine clinical issues with public health approaches which include research, planning and management, appropriate technology, training, and advocacy. Attention is also paid to programmes for people who are blind or living with low vision.

The principal aim of the journal is educational, to ensure that up-to-date and relevant information reaches eye care workers of all levels (primary, secondary, and tertiary) in a reader-friendly format that can easily be adapted for training.

Readers include ophthalmologists, optometrists, nurses, ophthalmic assistants, general doctors, programme planners, administrators, and public health specialists. Read the Reader survey 2005 summary PDF (100Kb) to learn more about our readers and how they use the journal.

The journal is provided free to readers in low- and middle-income countries. Circulation is 17,000 and includes more than 170 countries.  The journal is also published online and on CD ROM. Selected articles are published in special French, Chinese, and Spanish editions. The Indian edition includes a four page supplement containing articles relevant to Indian readers. Including translations, the total number of readers comes to nearly 27,000.

All articles published in the journal are indexed in PubMed. The journal is also indexed in Excerpta Medica (Embase), the Directory of Open Access Journal, Index Copernicus International and the eGranary Digital Library.

Editorial board

Editor
Elmien Wolvaardt Ellison editor@cehjournal.org

Editorial committee
Nick Astbury
Allen Foster
Clare Gilbert
Murray McGavin
Ian Murdoch
GVS Murthy
Daksha Patel
Richard Wormald
David Yorston

Regional consultants
Sergey Branchevski (Russia)
Miriam Cano (Paraguay)
Professor Gordon Johnson (UK)
Susan Lewallen (Tanzania)
Wanjiku Mathenge (Kenya)
Joseph Enyegue Oye (Francophone Africa)
Babar Qureshi (Pakistan)
BR Shamanna (India)
Professor Hugh Taylor (Australia)
Min Wu (China)
Andrea Zin (Brazil)

Advisors
Liz Barnett (Teaching and Learning)
Catherine Cross (Infrastructure and Technology)
Pak Sang Lee (Ophthalmic Equipment)
Dianne Pickering (Ophthalmic Nursing)

Editorial assistant Anita Shah
Design Lance Bellers
Printing Newman Thomson

Online edition Sally Parsley
Email web@cehjournal.org

Exchange articles
Anita Shah exchange@cehjournal.org

ISSN 0953-6833

Contact us

Community Eye Health Journal, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Tel: +44 207 612 7964/72
Fax: +44 207 958 8317
Email: Admin@cehjournal.org

Journal advertising

Information on how to advertise on the journal web site.

Reader feedback

Reader survey 2005 summary

Findings from a survey carried out between 2004 and 2005 to solicit reader views on the quality and relevance of the journal, and to understand the readership profile PDF (100Kb).