Affiliations
Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Teaching
I am the module organiser for Module 3401: Skills for Field Research that is a compulsory module for the MSc Public Health for Eye Care. I have been fulfilling this role since 2016 and this year updated the module to align it further with the developments in conducting field research for eye care. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic this was also an opportunity to digitise the module and deliver it online with an increase in focus on the application of practical research theories.
I teach on Module 3404: Non Communicable Eye Disease with a focus on refractive errors both for children and adults and how to manage these in different settings with a focus on their public health impact.
I teach on Module 3404: Childhood Eye Diseases and Ocular Infections with a focus on the different strategies for refractive errors in children, specifically myopia followed by a session on the planning and implementing of school eye health programmes.
Externally, I am an Honorary Lecturer at Sankara Eye Institute, India at the Optometry Academy and lecture on the role of optometrists in public health.
I teach on Module 3404: Non Communicable Eye Disease with a focus on refractive errors both for children and adults and how to manage these in different settings with a focus on their public health impact.
I teach on Module 3404: Childhood Eye Diseases and Ocular Infections with a focus on the different strategies for refractive errors in children, specifically myopia followed by a session on the planning and implementing of school eye health programmes.
Externally, I am an Honorary Lecturer at Sankara Eye Institute, India at the Optometry Academy and lecture on the role of optometrists in public health.
Research
Research Area
Adolescent health
Behaviour change
Child health
Clinical trials
Health systems
Public health
Schools
Epidemiology
Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
Eye health
Country
Ghana
India
Kenya
Nepal
Pakistan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Region
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Selected Publications
Compliance and Predictors of Spectacle Wear in Schoolchildren and Reasons for Non-Wear: A Review of the Literature.
2019
Ophthalmic epidemiology
Priorities in school eye health in low and middle-income countries a scoping review.
2024
Eye (London, England)
The Role of Optometry in the Delivery of Eye Care via Telehealth: A Systematic Literature Review
2022
Telemedicine and e-health
Eligibility for the use of ready-made spectacles among children in a school-based programme in Ghana.
2022
PLOS Global Public Health
The Impact of Hyperopia on Academic Performance Among Children: A Systematic Review.
2022
Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Delivering Refractive Care to Populations With Near and Distance Vision Impairment: 2 Novel Social Enterprise Models.
2022
Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology