President:
Dr. Ibrahim Matende

Executive Committee members:
Secretary General: Dr. Grace Ssali
Treasurer: Dr. Emeritus Chibuga

Contact:
josiah@COECSA.org

College of Ophthalmology of the Eastern, Central and Southern African (ECSA) Region

Human resource for eye health (HReH) is a key challenge in the ECSA region and remains one of the principal Colleges of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa (COECSA) mandates. The College opted to strategically address and promote specialty areas through specialty groupings referred to as Communities of practice.

Paediatric Ophthalmology and strabismus community is a key community in COECSA that brings together the team in the region. This professional association in the community facilitates connections among peers, provide access to knowledge exchange and encouraging skill development, fostering trust and a sense of common purpose, adding value to the professional lives of members, develop quality training and set standards for professional practice in Paediatric ophthalmology.

The members of the community have been instrumental in various key interventions in child eye health and fight against childhood blindness. One in such effort is the ‘Seeing is Believing’ (SiB) child eye health Programme in east Africa where many children have received key invaluable vision restoring services through various eye hospitals.

The community is pioneering a pediatric cataract oriented ophthalmic surgeons program to help address the backlog in childhood cataracts. Presently plans are underway to start a pediatric fellowship and strabismus training program in the region for COECSA. There are limited places for such training in the region necessitating travel abroad where practice licenses, cultural change, sociopolitical limitations and limited hands on training are common.

WSPOS Chapters

Zambia ChapterZambia Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. David Kasongole

Ethiopia ChapterOphthalmological Society of Ethiopia

President/Head: Dr. Fitsum Bekele

Zimbabwe ChapterOphthalmological Society of Zimbabwe

President/Head: Akim Mashoko

Uganda ChapterUganda Ophthalmology Association

President/Head: Dr. Ssali Grace

Sri Lanka ChapterCollege of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka

President/Head: Dr. Pradeepa K. Siriwardena; DO, MS, FRCS

Russia ChapterAssociation of Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinics

President/Head: Dr Igor Aznauryan, MD, Dr. Sc., Prof

Somalia ChapterSomali Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. Said Hussein Gedi, MD, Consultant Eye Surgeon

Polish Ophthalmological Society ChapterPolish Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Prof. Iwona Grabska-Liberek

Nigeria ChapterNigerian Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (NIPOSS)

President/Head: Prof. Adedayo Omobolanle Adio

Nepal ChapterPediatric Ophthalmology Interest Group Nepal

President/Head: Dr Suman Thapa, MD, PhD

Mongolia ChapterThe Mongolian Ophthalmologists’ Society (MOS)

President/Head: Chimgee Chuluunkhuu

Malawi ChapterOphthalmological Society of Malawi

President/Head: Dr. Gerald Msukwa

Libya ChapterLibyan Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (LAPOS)

President/Head: Karima lamin Shalabi, MD

Croatia ChapterCroatian Section for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (CSPOS)

President/Head: Prim. Neda Striber, MD

Cameroon ChapterSociete Camerounaise D’ophtalmologie / Cameroonian Society Of Ophthalmology (SCO)

President/Head: Prof Ebana Mvogo

Bangladesh ChapterBangladesh Association of Pediatric Ophthalmologist & Strabismologist (BAPOS)

President/Head: Prof. A.H.M. Enayet Hussain

Azerbaijan ChapterAzerbaijan Society of Ophthalmology

President/Head: Prof. Elmar Qasimov

Algerian Ophthalmology Society ChapterAlgerian Ophthalmology Society

President/Head: Professor Ourida Ouhadj

Afghanistan ChapterAfghanistan Eye Doctors’ Society

President/Head: Dr. Dastagir Amiri MD, PGD, Ophthalmologist

WSPOS Member Societies

Israeli Orthoptic SocietyIsraeli Orthoptic Society

President/Head: Guy Barnett-Itzhaki

International Society for Genetic Eye Disease and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR) SocietyInternational Society for Genetic Eye Disease and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR)

President/Head: Birgit Lorenz

International Orthoptic Association SocietyInternational Orthoptic Association

President/Head: Jan Roelof Polling

Turkey SocietyTurkish Strabismological Society

President/Head: Osman Sevki

Taiwan SocietyThe Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan, Pediatric Ophthalmological Section

President/Head: Catherine Liu

Thailand SocietyThai Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus society

President/Head:

Spain SocietySpanish Strabismus Society

President/Head:

Italy SocietySIOP Italian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology

President/Head: Prof. Adriano Magli

Colombia SocietyLatin America Pediatric Ophthalmology Society

President/Head: Jose Fernando Perez

Portugal SocietyPortuguese Society of Ophthalmology: SPO

President/Head: FERNANDO FALCÃO

Singapore SocietySingapore Interest Group in Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (SINGPOST)

President/Head: Professor Audrey Chia

Phillipines SocietyPhilippine Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (PSPOS)

President/Head: Dr. Norman Fajardo

Malaysia SocietyMalaysian Society of Ophthalmology

President/Head: Dr Kenneth Choong-Sian Fong

USA SocietyPediatric Keratoplasty Association

President/Head: Dr Gerald W Zaidman

Ukraine SocietyOphthalmological Society of Ukraine

President/Head: Nataliya Pasyechnikova

Myanmar SocietyMyanmar Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Prof Khin Ommar Khine

Middle East Africa and Lebanon SocietyMiddle East African Council of Ophthalmology and Lebanese Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed

Jordan SocietyJordanian Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Dr. Essam Batayneh

Indonesia SocietyIndonesian Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (APOSS)

President/Head:

Sweden SocietySwedish Orthoptic Society (SIOF)

President/Head: Sara Flodin

Spain SocietyInstituto de Microcirugía Ocular Fundación (IMO Foundation)

President/Head: Dr José Luis Güell

Britain and Ireland SocietyBritish and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS)

President/Head:

Tunisia SocietyAssociation Tunisienne d'orthoptie (ATO)

President/Head: Ons lahouimel

Pakistan Society Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology Pakistan

President/Head: Zia Mohammad

Mexico Society Asociación Mexicana de Oftalmología Pediátrica

President/Head: Dr. Eduardo Chavez Mondragon

Germany SocietyDeutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft

President/Head: Dr. Dipl.-Kfm. Philip Gass

Brazil SocietyBrazilian Strabismus Center (CBE)

President/Head:

Austria SocietyAustrian Academy of Opthalmology and Optometry

President/Head:

Australia and New Zealand SocietyAustralian and New Zealand Strabismus Society (ANZSS)

President/Head: Dr Shuan Dai

Israel SocietyIsraeli Society for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (IPSOS)

President/Head: Alvit Wolf

Iraq SocietyIraqi Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Hamzah Almajedi

Slovenia SocietySlovenian Paediatric Ophthalmology Group

President/Head: Prof. Natasa Vidovic Valentincic

Argentina SocietySociedad Argentina de Oftalmología Infantil (SAOI)

President/Head:

Argentina SocietyCentro Argentino de Estrabismo (CAE)

President/Head:

Indonesia SocietyIndonesian Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (INAPOSS)

President/Head:

India SocietyAll India Orthoptic Society

President/Head:

India Society Indian Paediatric Glaucoma Society

President/Head: Dr.Shantha Balekudaru DNB

India SocietyStrabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society of India (SPOSI)

President/Head: Prof. Vinita Singh

Hungary SocietyHungarian Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (HSPOS)

President/Head:

Hong Kong SocietyHong Kong Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Group

President/Head:

Greece SocietyHellenic Society of Paediatric Ophthalmolgy and Strabismus (HAPOS)

President/Head:

Georgia SocietyGeorgia Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismology Society (GPOSS)

President/Head:

France SocietyNeuro-Ophtalmologie-Pediatrique (NOP)

President/Head: Dominique Bremond-Gignac

Europe SocietyEuropean Paediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS)

President/Head: G. Darius Hildebrand FRCS FRCOphth FEBO

Egypt SocietyEgyptian Group of Paediatric Eye Surgery (EGPES)

President/Head:

Dominican Republic SocietyThe Dominican Council of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (CODESOP)

President/Head:

Denmark SocietyDanish Paediatric Ophthalmology Group (DPOG)

President/Head: Lisbeth Sandfeld

Czech Republic SocietyCzech Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society

President/Head:

China SocietyChinese Association of Paediatric Ophthalmology (CAPOS)

President/Head:

Canada SocietyThe Canadian Orthoptic Society (TCOS)

President/Head:

Burundi SocietyBurundi Ophthalmological Society

President/Head: Levi Kandeke

Brazil SocietySociedade Brasileira De Oftalmologia Pediatrica (SBOP)

President/Head: Dr Fabio Ejzenbaum

Germany SocietyBielschowsky-Gesellschaft (National Society for Strabismus, Neuroophthalmology and Pediatric Ophthalmology)

President/Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Schittkowski / Prof. Dr. Ina Sterker

Colombia SocietyAsociación Colombiana de Oftalmología Pediatrica y Estrabismo (ACOPE)

President/Head: Adriana Solano

Belgium SocietyBelgian Orthoptic Association

President/Head: Verônica Cardoso Alves

South Africa SocietySouth African Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (SASPOS)

President/Head: Christopher Tinley; SOUTH AFRICA

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