Date of start : November 2025 Funder: Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Aim: To generate evidence on the incidence, progression, and management of trachomatous trichiasis and other eye diseases, and to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of community-based screening and treatment approaches to improve eye health outcomes in Ethiopia. Background Visual impairment and blindness from trachoma remains a major public health challenge in Ethiopia. Trachomatous t

Date of Start: May 2021 Date of Completion: Ongoing Funder: Eyu-Ethiopia, Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP), and Esillor Group Aim Establish self-reliant near vision impairment management services in rural Ethiopia through (a) integrated distribution of near vision correction spectacles by primary health care cadres, and (b) community contribution to the cost of spectacles. Background Presbyopia, an age-related near vision impairment (NVI), is one of the leading causes of vis

Date of Start: September 2021 Date of Completion: December 2027 Funder: Wellcome Trust UK Aim: Identify a package of feasible and effective interventions for mainstreamed primary eye health care (PEHC) service delivery within PHC in a low-income setting, in Sidama region, Ethiopia. Background: There is limited evidence from low-income settings on how to effectively and sustainably integrate primary eye care (PEC) into primary health care (PHC). This project uses a four-phase,

Date of start: September 2024 Date of completion: December 2027 Funder: Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Aim: Investigate why the prevalence of trachoma remains above elimination threshold in Ethiopia despite several years of implementation of the WHO-recommended control strategy and identify novel, context-specific and effective interventions to facilitate elimination. Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a goal to eliminate trachoma as a publi