Today, about 45% of all global blindness is due to cataract. (1) After more than a decade of training surgeons across India, Madagascar, China, Mexico, and beyond, HelpMeSee has learned […]

Cataract remains the leading cause of reversible blindness worldwide, and the demand for cataract surgery is expected to rise dramatically as populations age and life expectancy increases. For ophthalmologists working

By Laura Straub Imagine an elderly woman in Nigeria who can’t recognize the faces of her grandchildren. A farmer in Ghana who can no longer navigate his own fields. A

In cataract surgery, success is measured in microns and the difference between a smooth capsulotomy and a complication often comes down to something difficult to teach and even harder to

For young ophthalmologists, the question many have early in their career is where can their cataract surgery skills take them? In an era of widening disparities in eye care access,

By Laura Straub Key Takeaways New research published in The Lancet Global Health underscores the fact that training more cataract surgeons is paramount. If we are going to achieve universal eye health coverage for all,

Key Takeaways Nigeria achieves a major milestone with its first in-country HelpMeSee-trained resident ophthalmologist Simulation-based cataract surgery training helps bridge the gap between practice and live surgical performance Limited surgical

Two experts share what mastery really looks like in the operating room. Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) is often taught as a sequence of precise steps that include incision