Category: children eye care programme

CUHK Hong Kong Children Eye Care Programme Bestowed The 9th Hong Kong Volunteer Award
We are exceedingly honoured to receive the 9th Hong Kong Volunteer Award from the Agency of Volunteer Service on 1st of November 2021 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition [...]
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CUHK Jockey Club Children’s Eye Care Programme Award Ceremony 2021
CUHK Jockey Club Children’s Eye Care Programme (the Programme) Award Ceremony 2021 was held on 16th October, 2021 at the 10/F Auditorium, CUHK Medical Centre. We are greatly honoured to [...]
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Myopia Boom During COVID-19
COVID-19 is causing profound disruptions in global health and economy, even affecting the lives of school children. In September 2020, closures of educational institutions were in effect in more than [...]
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Dr Jason Yam interviewed by WSJ for his study on low-concentration atropine eye drop
Wall Street Journal had published an article about myopia control treatments and our Associate Professor, Dr Jason Yam, was invited to share his findings on the Low-concentration Atropine for Myopia Progression study. [...]
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Dr Jason Yam Interviewed By Reuters Health For The Effects Of Atropine 0.05%
Dr Jason Yam was interviewed by Reuters Health ‘s Marilynn Larkin and talked about his recent findings on the effect of Atropine 0.05% to slow myopia progression in children. Before Dr. Yam’s work, it was [...]
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Dr Yam Interviewed By Reuters About His Study On Secondhand Smoke And Children’s Eyes
Dr Jason Yam, the Department ‘s Associate Professor, interviewed by Reuters on his recent study about “Association of Secondhand Smoking Exposure With Choroidal Thinning in Children Aged 6 to 8 [...]
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CUHK Receives Nearly HK$78 Million from HKJC to Launch Ophthalmic Programmes for Children’s Eye Care…
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has received a generous donation of nearly HK$78 million from [...]
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CUHK Jockey Club Children Eye Care Programme Launch Ceremony Cum Visit from EMBA of CUHK
The CUHK Jockey Club Children Eye Care Programme (CECP) (香港中文大學賽馬會瞳心護眼計劃) was launched successfully on the 6th of January 2018 at CUHK Eye Centre. We were honoured to have a group [...]
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Hong Kong Children Eye Programme Ambassador Award Ceremony 2017
The Hong Kong Children Eye Programme Ambassador Award Ceremony was held on 16th December, 2017. We were honoured to invite Prof Chair Sek Ying (Director and Professor, the Nethersole School [...]
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