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Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel

Publications 2

Review article Open access

Reaching the unreached: Task-shifting diabetic retinopathy screening in urban slums of low- and middle-income countries

Sunita Mohan, Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel, Fred Stevens et al. · Oman Journal of Ophthalmology · 2026 · 10.4103/ojo.ojo_264_25

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of preventable blindness, with the highest burden falling on populations living in urban slums and peri-urban settlements in low- and middle-income countries. These communities often remain outside the reach of conventional health systems due to systemic neglect, migratory l …

Research article Open access

Gene therapy in ophthalmology

Satagopan Uthra, Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel · Oman Journal of Ophthalmology · 2009 · 10.4103/0974-620x.57308

It has been more than a year since ophthalmologists and scientists under Dr. Robin Ali's team at the Moorsfield Eye Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, successfully treated patients with a severely blinding disease, Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) using gene therapy. This success …

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