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V2020 REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE FOR WEST AFRICA
A Regional Resource Centre for Community Eye Health/Prevention of
Blindness.
WEST AFRICAN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE, NO.6 TAYLOR DRIVE,
P.M.B 2023.YABA-LAGOS.NIGERIA .e-mail: [email protected]
NEWSLETTER –
2nd Quarter 2007
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the Vision2020 Regional Resource Centre for West Africa.
This quarter’s newsletter comes as a follow-up to the last one on Glaucoma.
This is a link to the Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness website, with detailed
information on Glaucoma – Definition, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Types, Diagnosis, Treatment,
Patient Awareness, and Glaucoma Fellowships. This site, voted one of the top five glaucoma
websites in the world, provides a wealth of information and links to other resources.
Best of all, it gives links to other Glaucoma Internet Sites and Glaucoma chat sessions with
Glaucoma Service Physicians of the Wills Eye Institute Glaucoma Service.
We are confident that you will find the information contained therein very useful.
As usual, we would love to get feedbacks from you – comments, questions, requests or reactions.
Please let us know how useful our information has been to you.
HAPPY READING.
Chito B. Obowu,
Onminyi Matthew
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Line Manager. Resource Centre Coordinator.
Vision 2020 Resource Centre for W/A.
Vision 2020 Resource Centre for W/A
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Welcome to the internet site of the
Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent
Blindness. We believe the best patient
care is only possible when patients
actively participate in their care and are as
informed as possible about glaucoma.
This site, voted one of the top five
glaucoma websites in the world, provides
a wealth of information and links to other
resources.
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Glaucoma? Glaucoma
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Chat Support Group Home Chat
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Clinical Staff - Anne K. Chan,
M.D. - Mary Jude Cox, M.D. - L.
Jay Katz, M.D. - Marlene R.
Moster, M.D. - Jonathan Myers,
M.D. - Michael James Pro, M.D. Courtland M. Schmidt M.D. Geoffrey Schwartz, M.D. - Louis
W. Schwartz, M.D. - George L.
Spaeth, M.D. - Tricia Lennox
Thomas, M.D. - Tara Uhler, M.D. Richard P. Wilson, M.D.
The Glaucoma Service Foundation’s
mission is to preserve or enhance the
health of all people with glaucoma and to
provide a model of medical care by
supporting the educational and research
efforts of the physicians on the Wills Eye
Institute Glaucoma Service, the largest
glaucoma diagnosis and treatment center
in the country. Fifteen glaucoma
specialists use sophisticated diagnostic
facilities to evaluate the appearance and
functioning of the optic nerve and ocular
drainage system and recommend
treatment. A dynamic research program,
the Glaucoma Research Center,
constantly evaluates evidence for current
therapies and works to develop new ones.
Members of the Service have introduced
medical treatments and surgical
techniques that are now in common
practice world-wide. These unique chat
sessions with Glaucoma Service
physicians, honored at the 2004 Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology as “the premiere virtual
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NEWS AND MEDIA
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CARES Photos
by Mr. Roger Barone
CARES Conference Follow-Up
CARES Comments/Suggestions
What is Glaucoma?
Risk Factors for Glaucoma
Odds of Going Blind
Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
Read the April 2007 issue of this
informative newsletter that provides
helpful articles about glaucoma written
especially for patients and their families.
Research Staff - Jeffrey D.
Henderer, M.D.
Staff
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Education
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Research
Fellowship
Donations
glaucoma chat
support group in the
world,” personalizes
the educational
outreach of the
Service to an
unprecedented
degree. The chat
support group is a
cornerstone of the Service's e-Medicine
program, which includes teleconsultation,
teleinformatics, and research into the
practicality of telescreening for glaucoma.
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Prevent Blindness can be reached by
phone at 215-928-3190 or click here to
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Laboratories, Inc. and the Avery &
Patricia Clark Fund for Glaucoma
Research and Education.
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.
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The Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria(OSN )- 32nd Annual Congress/Scientific Conference – Coal
City 2007 – Enugu, Nigeria. Sun 2nd – Thurs 6th Sept 2007 – Enugu, Nigeria.
Jul 18-21, 2007 2007 | Singapore | Singapore
WORLD GLAUCOMA CONGRESS
Contact: AIGS Meeting Office, Tel: 011-31-20-679-3411, Fax: 011-31-20-673-7306, Email:
[email protected], Website: www.globalaigs.org/WGC2007
August 27, 2007 - August 31, 2007
Ophthalmic Pathology for Ophthalmologists
Rockville, MD, United States
Sep 17-20, 2007 | France | Paris
9TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL OCULAR INFLAMMATION SOCIETY (IOIS)
Contact: IOIS, Email: [email protected], Website: www.iois-paris-2007.com
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The World Sight Day holds every second Thursday of the month of October.
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November 01, 2007 - November 01, 2007
Current Concepts in Primary Eye Care
Rochester, MN, United States
American Academy of Ophthalmology - 111th Annual Meeting - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,
New Orleans, U.S.A. – 10th. – 13th. Nov 2007.
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November 28, 2007 - November 30, 2007
XXVII Glaucoma Course
Valladolid, Spain
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December 10, 2007 - December 11, 2007
Moorfields Ophthalmology Course for General Practitioners
London, England, United Kingdom
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February 28, 2008 - March 02, 2008
7th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Budapest, Hungary
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Jun 28-Jul 02, 2008 2008 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong
WORLD OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS 2008
Contact: Angela Cho, Secretariat, Tel: 011-852-2762-3128, Fax: 011-852-2194-0695, Email:
[email protected], Website: www.woc2008hongkong.org
Optometry:
 Jun 27-Jul 01, 2007 2007 | MA | Boston
2007 OPTOMETRY’S MEETING
Contact: American Optometric Association (AOA), Tel: 314-991-4100, Fax: 314-991-4101, Website:
www.aoa.org
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Jul 18-21, 2007 2007 | SK | Saskatoon
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS (CAO) CONGRESS 2007
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Jun 25-29, 2008 2008 | WA | Seattle
2008 OPTOMETRY’S MEETING
Contact: American Optometric Association (AOA), Tel: 314-991-4100, Fax: 314-991-4101, Website:
www.aoa.org
Contact: CAO, Tel: 888-263-4676, Fax: 613-235-2025, Email: [email protected], Website: www.opto.ca
SEMINARS
SEMINARS 2007
WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London
Date: a new date for 2008 tbc
Chaired by: Professor Harminder Dua and Professor Alan Stitt
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VITREO-RETINAL UPDATE
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London
Date: A new date for 2008 tbc
Chaired by: Mr Ian Pearce
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RETINAL IMAGING COURSE
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Date: Thursday 19th and Friday 20th July 2007
Chaired by: Mr Yit C Yang and Mr Amresh Chopdar
*This course is now fully booked.*
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INTRAVITREAL THERAPIES
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Date: Friday 14th September 2007
Chaired by: Professor Sue Lightman
Download registration form
Download provisional programme
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FIRST WORKSHOP IN COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Date: Thursday 20th September 2007
Chaired by: Mr Nick Astbury and Mr Andrew Cassels-Brown
Download Flyer
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OCULOPLASTICS
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Date: Wednesday 10th October 2007
Chaired by: Mr Tony Tyers
Download Programme
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ASSESSING SURGICAL SKILLS
Location: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Date: Monday 15th October 2007
Chaired by: Mr Larry Benjamin
Download registration form
Further details will be available soon
RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSIONS
Location: The Institute of Physics, London
Date: Friday 19th October 2007
Chaired by: Mr Declan Flanagan and Mr Winfried Amoaku
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ELIZABETH THOMAS SEMINAR: AMD
Location: The East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
Date: Friday 30th November 2007
Chaired by: Mr Winfried Amoaku
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