Glaucoma Society of Bangladesh
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Contact information
Prof. Md. Nazrul Islam
BIRDEM Hospital, Shahbag
1000 Dhaka
BANGLADESH
Tel.: +88029123479
Fax.: +8802-9123479
E-mail: nazrul.islam@hotmail.com
  

Board
M. Mustafizur RahmanPresident
Sk. M.A. MannafPresident elect
Syed Maruf AliSecretary
M. Nazrul IslamTreasurer
Quamrul Islam KhanJoint secretary
M KarimOrganising secretary
Mizanur RahmanScientific secretary
Ziaul Islam AliOffice secretary
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 2007
The society has statutes (bylaws) Yes
The statutes address financial accountability* Yes
* 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 Life Members
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 2 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 32
Our society has an annual printed report Yes
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
  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)
 Yes
  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
Increase awareness about glaucoma in general population Improvement of Diagnosis, Treatment and research of glaucoma

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society Yes
Liaisons with other organizations No

Guidelines
Code of practice on society - Industry relationships available Yes
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 Yes
*** Program = total of activities of the Glaucoma Society  
The Society program contains: form of publication Yes
The Society program contains: other initiatives Yes
Current initiatives To observe World Glaucoma Day on 12 March, 2009 National Conference on Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma on May 2009
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency Every two months
Time of year
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
 No
  • No. of local delegates
 15-20
The ratio of glaucoma specialists to generalists that attend the meeting is 2
The meeting has oral paper sessions Yes
The meeting has poster sessions No
The meeting has discussion sessions Yes
Presentation / discussion time ratio
Presentations are on original research No
Presentations are updates / reviews Yes
Presentations are both original research and updates / reviews
The meetings are mono – sponsored Yes
The meetings are multi -  sponsored No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society Yes
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others no

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization 0
Additional remarks