African Society of Glaucoma

Contact information
Amel Ouertani
80 rue 7301 El Menzah 9B
1004 Tunis
TUNISIA
Tel.: + 219 71 578027/28
Fax.: + 21 6 71 564402
E-mail: amel.ouertani@rns.tn
  

Board
Amel OuertaniPresident
Khaled Ben AmorSecretary
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 2006
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 General Assembly
New members of the board are added by cooptation** No
** 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 3 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 50
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
 No
  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
 Yes
  1. We use other criteria
 No

Mission statement/goals
To contribute to fighting Glaucoma blindness, promote glaucoma knowledge and education. HRD(resident training, technicians,...) and participate or encourage studies in the field.

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

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

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

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 In-Country glaucoma courses and workshops Glaucoma technicians training
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency once a year
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 Yes
The meetings are mono – sponsored No
The meetings are multi -  sponsored Yes
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 -