Please find below videos of recordings from the 26th ISGEO conference, #ISGEO2025.
Day 1: Sunday 27th April 2025
Session 1: How do we improve eCSC and eREC?
Congress Welcome and Overview – Suzanne Gilbert
An epidemiological study of ocular diseases in Kathmandu district of Nepal: Kathmandu Eye Study – Reeta Gurung
Novel Approach for Enhancing Effective Cataract Surgical Coverage (eCSC) and effective Refractive Error Coverage (eREC): Lessons from a Pilot Initiative at Aravind Eye Hospital (AEH), India – Ganesh Babu
Creating evidence through data-driven decision-making to achieve optimal cataract surgical outcomes – Devanesam Yesunesan
Monitoring and increasing eCSC in China: reflections after one year implementation – Yiwen Amanda Huang
Quality of cataract surgery data collection for quality improvement – S May Ho
Session 2a: Challenges and opportunities for monitoring diabetes eye care
Development of Diabetic Retinopathy Registry in Nepal – Raba Thapa
Social determinants of diabetic retinopathy severity and vision loss: a large, diverse, hospital-based cohort in San Francisco, California – Carolyn Brandt
Exploring spatial and socioeconomic determinants of diabetic eye care using geographic information systems – Rajeev S Ramchandran
Session 2b: Key Insights from Population-Based Studies
The prevalence of distance and near visual impairment among garment industry workers in Hyderabad, Telangana, India: The Vision and Eye health in Occupational Groups Study – Srinivas Marmamula
Prevalence and risk factors associated with corneal opacity in The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019 – Elliott Taylor
Rapid survey for assessing effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC) and effective refractive error coverage (eREC)-Novel indicators of universal eye health – Sumit Grover
Effective cataract surgical coverage: Demonstrating the gaps in India – Praveen Vashist
Glaucoma Prevalence in India: Trends Over Two Decades and Future Projections to 2050 – Jerrome Selvaraj
Session 3a: Hot topics – Research Journey In a Nutshell
My research journey – Suzanne Gilbert & Parikshit Gogate
My research journey – Simon Arunga
My research journey – Rohit Khanna
My research journey – Purnima Sthapit
My research journey – Sarity Dodson
Session 3b: AI and mHealth
Artificial intelligence in Retinopathy of Prematurity: Initial results from Indian population – Sucheta Kulkarni
Effectiveness and Feasibility of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Automated System for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in Primary Care and Endocrinology Settings in Australia – Sanil Joseph
SAHAI: Revolutionizing Patient Engagement with India’s First AI and Voice based Patient Feedback System – Gnanasekeran Chinnathambi
Strengthening eye health systems in Nepal through Peek-powered programmes – Sailesh Kumar Mishra
Near Visual Acuity Measurements by Community Screeners using Digital (PeekNV) Testing versus Conventional Charts, India – Elanor Watts
Impact of Vision Centres on Achieving 2030 Global Targets: Prevalence, Eye Care Utilisation, and Coverage of Cataracts and Refractive Services (eCSC and eREC) in South India – Vinoth Kumar Rajendra
Session 4: Elizabeth Cass Lecture
Elizabeth Cass Lecture – Ophthalmic Research: The Driving Licence to Steer Change Effectively, Professor GVS Murthy
Day 2: Monday 28th April 2025
Session 5: Novel Approaches to Generating the Evidence We Need
Building a consortium (Bodhya Eye Consortium) for research among high-volume community eye care organizations: Harnessing Generalizable Real-World Ophthalmic Big Data – Umang Mathur
An innovative approach to rapidly testing service improvements to increase equity in eye care – Sergio Latorre Arteaga
Cost utility studies for eyecare interventions – a systematic review – Patricia Marques
& Estimating the economic impact of eye health on paid, informal, and unpaid work: evidence from a pilot of a health economics module for the rapid assessment of avoidable blindnes – Jack Hennessy
From Evidence to Action: Development of a Health Systems Module for the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) methodology – Pushkar Silwal
Advancing Global Eye Health Through Data Science: The Role of the new IAPB Vision Atlas (2025) in Evidence-Based Decision Making – Anthea Burnett
Session 6a: Challenges and solutions to accessing patient and providers’ perspectives
Participation and quality of life of Nepalese children with visual impairment in comparison with normally sighted peers – Srijana Adhikari
Social Network Analysis of Primary Eye Care Training and its Impact on Community Eye Health in Malawi – Andrew Blaikie
Impact of Distance to Hospital on Compliance with Cataract Surgery Advice in a Large Tertiary Facility in South India – Syed Ali
Ocular morbidity, visual impairment and its association with social factors in children attending Primary health care services for any health-related problem in Pavagada, India – a health facility based cross-sectional study – Vasudha Kemmanu
Knowledge, attitude and practice pattern regarding corneal donation and transplantation in ophthalmic health professionals in Community Eye Centers – Saksham Tamang
Session 6b: Monitoring efforts to improv eCSC
Pre-Operative Visual Acuity Evaluation Among Camp Patients Across 16 Hospitals in 9 States: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Outcome Suganya Ravichandran
Evaluation of cataract surgical outcomes of a high-volume cataract surgical center in south-eastern Nepal – Reena Yadav
Monitoring and Evaluation of Surgical Outcomes for Patients in the Cataract Social Service Program (CSSP) of Indonesian Ophthalmologist Association (IOA) in Jakarta Region 2019-2023 – Yeni Dwi Lestari
Audit of Cataract Surgery in Indonesian Urban Teaching Hospital in Indonesia – Regina Ivanovna
Session 7a: Research Capacity Strengthening: Individual, Institution, Sector
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at an individual level – Priya Adishesha Reddy
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at an individual level – Simon Arunga
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at an individual level – Manisha Shreshta
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at an institutional level – Umang Mathur
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at an institutional level – Raba Thapa
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at an institutional level – Uday Gajiwala
Reflections on research capacity strengthening at a sector level – panel
Session 7b: Evaluating efforts to improve eye health
Developing and Implementing a School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) – Priya Morjaria
Assessment of implementation, efficiency and sustainability of the school eye health program in Nepal: a mixed-methods study – Mohan Kirshna Shrestha
Is the Vision Centre Based Community Eye Health Programme financially viable to reduce avoidable blindness and vision impairment in South Asia -Parikshit Gogate
Augmenting the referral pathway for retinal services among Diabetic patients at Reiyukai Eiko Masunaga Eye Hospital, Nepal: A non-randomized, pre-post intervention study- Ruchi Shrestha
Salience Effect of Clinical Interventions and Disease Progression in Follow-up Adherence of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy – Udayakumar Balakrishnan
A scoping review to evaluate the evidence for family screening in glaucoma – Annamalai Odayappan