Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria

Editorial Comments

It is with great joy that we present this special edition of the proceedings of the 41st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the OSN. Prior to this time we had published the proceedings as supplement of the Nigeria Journal of Ophthalmology. This time onwards however we are publishing the transactions as a stand alone brand new publication complete with its own ISBN Number. The Conference took place between the 24th and 26th of August, 2016 at the garden city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria bringing together specialist and subspecialist ophthalmologists from various part of Nigeria and also outside the country. The Conference provided opportunity for ophthalmologists at different levels of training to interact and share ideas with qualified ophthalmologists. The theme of the Conference was TECHNOLOGY FOR OPHTHALMIC CARE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, with subtheme: REHABILITATION OF THE IRREVERSIBLY BLIND. Over 400 participants were present at the conference with the various geopolitical zones of the country well represented. One of the major focus of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria is to develop evidenced based researches locally in order to get proven Nigerian indices of local eye and eye related conditions. To that effect, the OSN has resolved to produce into a journal the articles presented during the last Conference of the society. The original research articles compiled in this issue represent the output of research work conducted by various ophthalmologists of different subspecialities from various public and private institutions in the country and also from colleagues outside of the country/ continent following careful peer review of the articles. The articles covered the Anterior Segment and Cataract,Neuro Ophthalmology, Retina and Vitreous, Glaucoma, Public Health, Ocular Inflammation, Paediatrics and Oculoplastics. It is believed that this procedure will make available body of knowledge generated by research (especially locally) which should translate to better approaches at managing ocular conditions at our various communities. Many of the articles presented here can comfortably be used as template for better patient management and further research by ophthalmologists, and as a pool of ideas for implementation by policy makers. The contributions of the various groups and organizations that worked tirelessly in making this journal a reality is highly appreciated.

Thank you.

The Editorial Team

Published: 2016-09-03

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