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WHO have just released the updated and expanded Guidelines on Maternal and Newborn Care.
The WHO Eye and Vision Care team and a team at ICEH collaborated in a systematic review of published literature and guidelines on newborn eye screening, resulting in the inclusion of newborn eye screening in WHO’s guideline, for the first time.
The recommended methods are an external eye examination with a torch light and red (or fundal) reflex testing with an indirect ophthalmoscope.
Screening should take place shortly after birth, preferably as part of the general newborn assessment, and not later than six weeks after birth. There is evidence that fundal reflex testing can be effectively undertaken by a range of health care professionals, including those who work at the primary level of care.
High quality, reliable and accessible referral mechanisms, and facilities with resources to diagnose and manage children who fail fundal reflex testing (e.g., conditions such as cataract or retinoblastoma), are recommended to be in place.
The IAPB School Eye Health Workgroup has released these guidelines to help deliver standardised comprehensive eye health services to more than 700 million children attending schools around the world.
Inclusiveness and Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities
The WHO Vision and eye screening implementation handbook (VESIH) offers a step-by-step guidance for conducting vision and eye screenings in community and primary care settings.
The 2023 Annual Report of CBM's eye care work across its programmes. Inclusive, comprehensive and integrated- CBM's Eye Health Initiative reports on it latest work in eye health.
This guidance aims to facilitate the monitoring of both eye and ear care services through presenting a set of core facility indicators along with considerations for analysis and use of routine health information
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) have collaborated to produce a report on Eye Health and the World of Work
This report was authored by the Deloitte Center for Health Economics working with Roche and IAPB
ROP related blindness can be prevented by improving comprehensive preterm care and screening at appropriate time.
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Interventions To Slow The Progression Of Myopia
