Teams for Better Ophthalmology Care

Abstract

Communities of practice: COECSA has established different communities of practice that bring together different ophthalmologists interested in a particular area and enable them to exchange ideas. Some of these have cascaded into development of regional treatment guidelines. In the planning of this year’s congress, we reached out to these different communities to set the agenda of breakout sessions and have conversations around the most pressing issues in their different areas. They will learn from each other and recommend some action points going forward. For example, in the anterior segment session, the key discussion is on how to establish corneal banks in the different ECSA countries using the Ethiopian case study. In the glaucoma session, the key discussion is on stopping glaucoma in Africa. The manager’s session will focus on why programs succeed and community eye health will take stock of case studies of successful interventions for public eye health.