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The article reports that the Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG) is drawing up a concept paper discussing ways to build resilient and sustainable health systems in Africa to help aid the Global Fund in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

The article focuses on glaucoma, described as being responsible for around 15% of blindness in Africa. Topics discussed include the prevalence of blindness from cataract, the results of the Nigeria blindness survey carried out between 2005 and 2007, and why some patients with glaucoma had gonioscopy. It also details how glaucoma was graded by severity in a paper from Nigeria that looked at new patients presenting with open angle glaucoma to a teaching hospital in Bauchi, North East Nigeria.

The author reflects on mobile health and electronic health (mHealth and eHealth) solutions for health communication problems in Africa. He says that mobile and computers offer new opportunities, particularly for continuing professional development (CPD), but most people still prefer paper source as medium. He says doctor Francis Omaswa will discuss medical education in Africa at the Africa Health Webinar on Medical Education on May 24, 2012, sponsored by the Laureate International Universities.