Dr. Andrew Blaikie and The Arclight Project

While most of the world was still emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and  trying to make up for  lost time, there are others who seized  the opportunity to double down on their mission and outreach while simultaneously doubling down on forward progress. One of those …

Meet Petra Maxwell

When meeting with Petra Maxwell, the Information and Research Manager from the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT), Megan remarked that it was like connecting with a distant relative you’d always heard so much about but had never had the opportunity to meet!  KTG and CHECT …

Meet Dr. Karsten Paust

Dr. Karsten Paust, an international ophthalmologist practicing in Bonn, Germany, was forever changed by his trip to the most western parts of Tanzania in 2016. Stunned to find such a lack of eye care for the population, he could not fathom how there could be …

Papua New Guinea Conference with Sandra Staffieri

Knowing how important early detection of retinoblastoma is around the world is a strong incentive for spreading awareness.  Sandra Staffieri, Retinoblastoma Care Co-ordinator at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and Research Fellow  at the Centre for Eye Research Australia knows only too well how dangerous …

Dr. Lola Solebo, Pediatric Ophthalmologist 

It has been nearly a year since the WHO launched its global guidelines to support eye health for children and adults. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240048959 ( Package of eye care interventions). These recommendations include the much needed universal Newborn Eye Screening (NES) care directives. Dr. Lola Solebo, a …

Meet Dr. Sarah Chamney

Images from a KnowTheGlow global campaign are making an impact on the Emerald Isle.  Dr. Sarah Chamney, a pediatric ophthalmologist in Dublin, said she was deeply moved by the photographs shown to her by Megan Webber, co-founder of KTG. Dr. Chamney felt that the messages …

Interview with Dr.  Jairo Mercado

Megan Webber, the co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, was excited to speak with Dr. Jairo Mercado, a young optometrist, and teacher at the School of Optometry at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN) who was also honored as an IAPB Eye Health Hero. It was Dr. Mercado, …