About the new issue
There have been many successes in the fight against avoidable blindness, and it is encouraging to note the reduction in the number of people visually impaired or blind due to infectious diseases. With these successes, however, come new challenges – one of which is the increase in non-communicable diseases at the back of the eye. Although these diseases are certainly complex and difficult to deal with clinically, the challenges we face are about more than that – they involve both the patient (in terms of their acceptance of, and compliance with, treatment) and the eye health system: that is, everyone and everything involved in eye health delivery. In this issue we will be looking at the clinical challenges, new developments such as anti-VEGF drugs, and the health system. Our next issue (Issue 88) will address patient behaviour.
News and notices in Comm Eye Health Vol. 27 No. 87 2014 –
- About the new issue
- Reflective learning: Non-communicable eye diseases
- Courses at Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International
- Apply now for a fellowship from the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium
- Short courses and MSc, Community Eye Health Institute, UCT, South Africa
- New series from the journal on clinical quality
- Apply now: ICO fellowships
- Small Incision Cataract Surgery, Lions Medical Training Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
- Available to order: DVD on paediatric cataract training
- Vision Rehabilitation MSc and Diploma, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
- LSHTM MSc Public Health for Eye Care, London, UK
- Save the date: IAPB 10th General Assembly
- Human resources for eye health: Information for 21 African countries
- 3 providers of free and low cost online eye care courses