Essential Health Links: Eye Health


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Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
Ebooks for Ophthalmology
eMedicine: Ophthalmology
Eye Cancer Network
Eye Disorders and Diseases
EyePathologist
Handbook of Ocular Disease Management
International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)
Links Pertaining to Eye Diseases
Low Vision Gateway
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Ophthalmologic Disorders
Online Atlas of Ophthalmology
OptoNews Africa/Vision Care
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Eye
The Robert Bendheim Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology
Success in MRCOphth
Unite for Sight
VISION 2020
VISION 2020 e-resource

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Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
 The DJO is a peer-reviewed ophthalmic online journal which covers clinical and basic aspects of ophthalmology. It is published by the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. It aims to serve as a valuable resource for ophthalmologists, eye care providers, vision scientists and eye patients throughout the world. http://www.djo.harvard.edu/index.php

Ebooks for Ophthalmology
The site includes case reports with images, diagnostic tests, tutorials and examination questions. Each ebook can be downloaded onto a standard floppy disk. The material was originally developed for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK. http://www.mrcophth.com/electronicbooks/electronicbooksdownloading.html

eMedicine: Ophthalmology
This comprehensive resource includes clinical information, a detailed table of contents, search engine, and bibliographies. http://www.emedicine.com/oph/contents.htm

Eye Cancer Network   (German, Spanish)
Eye Cancer Network provides comprehensive resources on the diagnosis and treatment of eye tumors, eye cancers and orbital diseases. It is intended to serve as an educational resource for eye oncologists, eye care providers and eye patients. The site has three versions: English, Spanish and German. It includes links to relevant eye cancer and tumor resources. http://www.eyecancer.com/

Eye Disorders and Diseases
The site contains information, numerous images and a keyword search engine. http://www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/Default.asp

EyePathologist
 This site is a web-based, instructional tool on the anatomy and pathology of the eye. - It is designed for use by a wide range of health professionals from first-year medical students to ophthalmic pathologists. The site includes a database of more than 3,500 eye diseases with over 3,000 high quality images and a glossary of 5,000 linked definitions. Registrationisrequired, but is free of charge. http://www.eyepathologist.com/

Handbook of Ocular Disease Management
 This site provides clear, concise information on more than 50 common eye diseases. The site is well illustrated and has a keyword search engine. The text has been prepared by U.S. optometrists and is hosted by the U.S. journal Review of Optometry. Editorial policy is unclear. http://www.revoptom.com/handbook/hbhome.htm

International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
ICEH is a WHO Collaborating Center for the Prevention of Blindness, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The organization helps the Vision 2020 global initiative to reduce avoidable blindness, with a particular emphasis on low income countries. The site includes information on the Center and its research, teaching and information services. It contains links to fulltext books, journals, and teaching tools. http://www.iceh.org.uk/

Links Pertaining to Eye Diseases
 This site is one of the subject pages of the Karolinska Institutet "Diseases and Disorders" gateway. It contains an extensive list of links organized by disease subject categories and subcategories. http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C11.html

Low Vision Gateway  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site provides free access to the world's resources for vision loss, vision-impairment, blindness, low vision aids and low vision rehabilitation services. The site also provides information on media, computer and Internet access for visually impaired patients. http://www.lowvision.org/

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Ophthalmologic Disorders
This chapter of the Merck Manual provides useful clinical information on eye injuries and disorders, plus links to related topics in the Manual. The site includes a keyword search engine. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec09.html

Online Atlas of Ophthalmology
This site provides a large on-line collection of photographs of eye disease. Users can download all images free of charge, for use in lectures and publications. http://www.eyeatlas.com/

OptoNews Africa/Vision Care  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
OptoNews Africa is a non-governmental, non-profit initiative to improve visual and eye health in Africa. The site includes the free newsletter OptoNews, which contains optometric information and education for eye health workers throughout Africa. OptoNews also has an email discussion list. http://onanetwork.org/

PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Eye (44000+)
 This PubMed search will identify all eye related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22eye%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20eye%5BText%20Word%5D%29

The Robert Bendheim Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology
 The Atlas is a database of images about eye diseases, produced by the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. It is intended for ophthalmologists, general physicians, and medical students. The Atlas can be searched in threeways: anatomy, primary care and specific topic. http://www.nyee.edu/digitalatlas.html

Success in MRCOphth
 This site is for doctors who are taking specialist exams in ophthalmology (Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists). It is organized into various sections: ophthalmic examination, diagnosis, surgical training, ophthalmic radiography, ophthalmic trials and guidelines, systematic eye diseases, and ophthalmic history. The educational resources include teaching files, test materials, and case studies with a series of sample questions and answers in Oxford Eye Page. These are useful resources for medical students, educators and health care professionals in the field of ophthalmology and vision science. The site also includes ophthalmic images and videos. http://www.mrcophth.com/chua1.html

Unite for Sight   (Focus on Low-Income Countries)  (French)
A U.S. based non-government organization, Unite for Sight works to develop sustainable solutions to eye care needs in the underserved population within the United States and developing countries. The organization emphasizes health education and disease prevention. The site contains links to brochures in English and French to educate international communities about health and disease, including trachoma, river blindness, glaucoma, diabetes, malaria, and yellow fever. These brochures are also distributed by Unite For Sight volunteers in countries throughout the world. http://www.uniteforsight.org/

VISION 2020   (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
VISION 2020 is a multi-organization initiative aiming to help eliminate needless blindness by the year 2020. The organization supports the development of adequate eye care facilities, trains eye care workers, implements programs to control the major causes of blindness and fosters collaborative efforts. The site includes publications, newsletters, and fact sheets. http://www.icoph.org/prev/2020.html

VISION 2020 e-resource 
 VISION 2020 e-resource is an online collection of comprehensive resources for eye care programs throughout the world. The site contains tools that help assess, plan, implement and manage high quality, efficient, and sustainable eye care programs in the developing world. Registration is required but is free. http://www.v2020.org/

The Eye Health page of Essential Health Links is advised by Frank Magupa, OptoNews Africa Inc., Australia.

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Updated: 18 January 2008