Allen Foster OBE MB ChB DO FRCS FRCOphth ILT

Professor of International Eye Health

Training in medicine and ophthalmology in the UK. Worked in Tanzania 1975-85. Main interests International Public Health and Disability.

President of CBM, an international christian disability and development organisation, whose purposes are to improve the quality of life of persons with disability, reduce the risk of disability in vulnerable populations and to promote the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in society.

Co-Director with Professor Clare Gilbert of the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), a collaborating Centre of the World Health Organisation. The activities of ICEH are Research and Education to improve eye care and eliminate avoidable blindness, with a focus on low income countries.

Co-Director with Dr Hannah Kuper of the International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED). The activities of ICED are Research and Education to improve health care for persons with disabilities, with a focus on low income countries.

Affiliation

Teaching

Study Unit Organiser for CEH Masters and Diploma; Course Organiser for short Course at LSHTM on VISION 2020; Organiser of VISION 2020 Overseas Workshops; Individual lectures on DTMH, CID.

Research

Control of Blinding Diseases; Trachoma, Cataract, Childhood Blindness; Cost-effectiveness and Quality of Life studies in Eye care; Implementation of VISION 2020. Health service research for persons with disabilities.

Research areas

  • Disease control
  • Equity
  • Health inequalities
  • Public health

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • Medicine
  • Operational research
  • Opthalmology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Blindness
  • Disability
  • Eye diseases
  • Trachoma

Regions

  • South Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Countries

  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania

Other interests

  • Blindness Prevention
  • Cataract
  • Childhood Blindness
  • Childhood Disability
  • Disability And Development
  • Disability And Rehabilitation
  • Disability Rights
  • Onchocerciasis
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