Nepal, 29^th April – 1^st May 2025

R.D. Thulasiraj, Director-Operations, AECS & Executive Director Emeritus, LAICO, and Dhivya Ramasamy, Executive Director, LAICO, attended the meeting of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) that brought eye health sector together in Kathmandu, Nepal, to shape action for impact, for 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE in Kathmandu.

Nepal, 27-28 April 2025

Doctors, faculty members and leadership members from AECS, participated and presented paper and posters at the ISGEO 2025 Congress, held at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu. The theme is ‘Countdown to 2030: Challenges and opportunities for research and data’.

Podium Presentations:

Yesunesan, Senior Faculty, LAICO
Title:  Creating evidence through data-driven decision-making to achieve optimal cataract surgical outcomes

Dhivya Ramasamy
Title: Study of visit pattern of patients with diabetes across all levels of care

Jerrome Selvaraj, Research Associate, Aravind – Madurai
Title: Glaucoma prevalence in India: Trends over two decades and future projections to 2050

Sanil Joseph, Senior Faculty, LAICO
Title: Effectiveness and feasibility of artificial intelligence-based opportunistic screening for diabetic retinopathy in Australian real-world settings

Vinoth Kumar, Research Associate, Aravind-Madurai
Title: Impact of tech-enabled vision centres in achieving 2030 global eye health targets

Syed Ali, Senior Faculty, LAICO
Title: Understanding factors influencing cataract surgery uptake: The role of demographics, systemic conditions, and geographic distance in a tertiary eye hospital in South India

Mohammed Gowth, Senior Faculty, LAICO
Title: Does distance from base hospitals affects referral uptake at vision centres?

Udayakumar B., Senior Faculty, LAICO
Title: Salience effect of clinical interventions and disease progression in follow-up adherence of patients with diabetic retinopathy

Dr. Annamalai O., Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Service, Aravind-Pondicherry
Title: A scoping review to evaluate the evidence for family screening in glaucoma

Suganya R, Monitoring Executive, LAICO
Title: Pre-operative visual acuity evaluation among camp patients across 16 hospitals in 9 states: A comparison of urban and rural outcomes

Poster Presentations:

Dhivya Ramasamy
Title: Health readiness among patients in South India: Access, proficiency, and attitudes towards mobile-based tools

Udayakumar B
Title: Factors affecting follow-up adherence of glaucoma patients

Vinoth Kumar
Title 1: Methods for a population-based Comprehensive Eye care Workload Assessment (CEWA) study in Southern India
Title 2: Impact and cost-benefit of community-based Vision Centres in treating eye injuries: A retrospective study across eight South Indian districts