Kenya Glaucoma Society

Contact information
Daniel Kiage
P.O. Box 30270
00100 Nairobi
KENYA
Tel.: + 254 20 3662115
Fax.: +254 20 3743935
E-mail: dan.kiage@aku.edu
  

Board
Daniel KiagePresident
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 2007
The society has statutes (bylaws) No
The statutes address financial accountability* No
* Is it clear how the flow of income and expense (including meetings) is and which officer or committee is responsible?  
The board members are elected
New members of the board are added by cooptation** Yes
** Cooptation means officers are appointed by the leadership without an election process involving the total membership  
The term of functioning for members of the board is 1 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 10
Our society has an annual printed report No
Criteria for Membership
  1. Members must have had formal specialist training
    (i.e. established glaucoma fellowship training) in glaucoma
 No
  1. Members must have had informal specialist training (i.e. all forms of training outside established glaucoma fellowships) in glaucoma

    If not specialist / generalist ratio
 No
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by publications
 Yes
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by the percentage of glaucoma patients seen (or by other criteria)
 No
  1. Members have expressed interest in glaucoma
 Yes
  1. Everyone can be a member without further qualification
 No
  1. We use other criteria
 No

Mission statement/goals

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society Yes
Liaisons with other organizations Yes

Guidelines
Code of practice on society - Industry relationships available No
Society guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma available Yes
Using guidelines made by an other organization 0

Miscellaneous
Research foundation No
On-line discussion forum (e.g. AGS-net) No

Society program
The Society program*** contains: organizing glaucoma meetings No
*** Program = total of activities of the Glaucoma Society  
The Society program contains: form of publication No
The Society program contains: other initiatives
Current initiatives
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available?

Meeting
Meeting frequency N.A.
Time of year
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
  • No. of local delegates
The ratio of glaucoma specialists to generalists that attend the meeting is
The meeting has oral paper sessions
The meeting has poster sessions
The meeting has discussion sessions
Presentation / discussion time ratio
Presentations are on original research
Presentations are updates / reviews
Presentations are both original research and updates / reviews
The meetings are mono – sponsored
The meetings are multi -  sponsored
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization
Additional remarks Our group was first set up by the Division of Ophthalmology of the Kenya Ministry of Health to set up Guidelines for early diagnosis and management for Glaucoma in Kenya. We are in the process of converting that group into a Specialty society under OSEA [Ophthalmological Society of Eastern Africa] Kenya Chapter. The Officila registration is not complete yet