Global Health Partnerships: A Perspective of Eye Health Initiatives from the Uganda–United Kingdom Engagements and the Global Health Agenda

Abstract

During our initial visits to Uganda in early 2017, we noticed that most older people had significant visual impairment due to cataracts. Many of these cataract patients never bothered about receiving intervention, and yet this affected their daily activities. This experience sparked the passion for engaging multiple eye health experts from Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK, to come to Uganda and offer eye care medical services through partnering with local health facilities. Eye Health Africa (EHA) CIC was birthed through these partnerships to improve eye health across African countries through North–South partnerships and international expert exchanges to foster learning and enhanced capacity development. EHA has continuously mobilized UK eye specialists to come to Uganda annually to extend healthcare services to the people as demonstrated in