Global Ophthalmic Institute

The challenge

Almost 2.2 billion people worldwide live with a vision impairment, a reality driven by a critical shortage of trained eye health workers. Clinical education that could close that gap is scattered, often paywalled and rarely reaches the practitioners who need it most. GOI needed a credible public presence and a learning environment that works for professionals wherever they are.

Product strategy

Lead with the mission and the evidence, then make the learning one click away. The site presents the global challenge, the mission and a three-part strategic framework — an accessible online resource, a global academic network of partner institutions and expert teachers, and practical learning tools beyond lectures — with clear routes into the academy for learners and into partnership for institutions, ministries of health and individual educators.

User experience

A calm, clinical reading experience that moves a visitor from the scale of the problem, to the mission, to the framework, to action. Learners are routed into the academy portal to explore evidence-based ophthalmic courses and practical training guides; academic partners and educators are routed into a collaboration conversation. Layouts are built to stay readable and light on slower connections.

Technology solution

A designed and built public website with the learning management system integrated behind it, so course content and the academy portal sit inside one coherent experience — delivered on managed hosting with ongoing maintenance and support from Redcom.

Outcome

GOI has a public home for its mission and a working route into its learning platform: evidence-based ophthalmic courses and practical training guides accessible to eye care professionals globally, with the site kept live and maintained as the curriculum and academic network grow.

Key capabilities

• Public website design & build
• LMS integration
• Academy portal access
• Course & content structure
• Partner and educator pathways
• Contact & collaboration flows
• Responsive, low-bandwidth-friendly delivery
• Managed hosting
• Ongoing maintenance & support

Technology stack

• React
• TypeScript
• Node
• Supabase
• Microsoft Azure
• PostgreSQL
• API infrastructure
• AI models