Optical iridectomy: A stop-gap for penetrating keratoplasty in a resource-limited setting.

Corneal opacities are a major source of corneal morbidity in Africa and many resource-limited parts of the world. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of specialist corneal services either from lack of manpower or non-availability of materials and tools. This makes penetrating keratoplasty inaccessible from prohibitive cost or lack of donors.

Community Eye Care Outreaches through Collaborations with Community-Based Organisations in Resource-Poor Settings in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Background: The access to universal eye health is still poor in many developing countries. There are various initiatives to address this problem, but the initiatives are majorly under the support of external funding. This study reports community outreaches supported by community-based organisations over a 7-year period in resource-poor settings in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Normal values of intraocular pressure in full-term Nigerian newborns.

Purpose: To determine the normative range of intraocular pressure (IOP) in full-term newborns and possible association with birth parameters during the first week of life.

Methods: This was an observational cross sectional study in which IOP was measured in 1000 eyes of 500 normal full-term newborns using the Perkins applanation tonometer under topical anesthesia. An average of three readings was taken as the IOP value.

Trainee ophthalmologists' opinions on ways to improve cataract surgical rate.

Objective: To know the opinions of trainee ophthalmologists on ways to improve cataract surgical rate (CSR) with a view to having insight into actions that should be of high priority for achieving this improvement.

Methods: A survey of 27 trainee ophthalmologists using structured self-administered questionnaire.

Results: Most trainees had a positive view about actions towards raising CSR: Structured ophthalmic training- 25 (92.