Blindness & Poverty

At 8PM BST today documentary film ‘Father Will I See Again?’ will premiere online on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inf9z3p0Dis. The film reveals how corneal transplants are bringing hope to those living in the shadows with Xeroderma Pigmentosum, a rare genetic condition which causes the skin

It is well evidenced that when women are empowered, the better their communities and the planet. There are approximately 25 million women in the world who are blind, and 90 percent of them live in poor and developing countries where barriers to access leave them more exposed. In my recent

It is imperative that prospective social investments — such as those required to build and maintain a sustainable eye health care sector in order to eliminate avoidable blindness and visual impairment — clearly demonstrate that they are effective and represent good value for money. Policymakers are constantly seeking ways to improve the

Artificial intelligence is becoming omnipresent and has the potential to improve every aspect of human life. Whilst rapid technological progression does risk exacerbating inequality, there are also reasons to be optimistic. Technologists are already harnessing AI’s data-mining ability in the fight against what the UN calls today’s greatest

Achieving gender equality in healthcare and education will help to prevent, alleviate and cure the poverty-driven blindness that disproportionately impacts women in poor communities. According to the World Health Organisation of 39 million blind people in the world, 64% are girls and women. That is more than 25 million women

The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute is building on its track record for funding research in the USA and on its 6-year legacy of making direct treatment interventions in India. A new series of grants will support innovative UK technology, science and research projects that can help to alleviate and end