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Community Eye Health J 2005;18(53): 83-84

NOTICES

Courses and conferences

Royal College of Nursing - Ophthalmic Nursing Forum
Annual Conference and Exhibition, “Ophthalmic Nursing: Dimensions of care - to boldly go...” June 24 - 26, 2005 Venue: Thistle Hotel, Bristol, UK
For information, email: OPHTHALMIC@RCN.ORG.UK

VISION 2020 One-week course
4 - 8 July 2005
Venue: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London Cost: £600
The course is for ophthalmologists and eye health programme managers involved in the drive to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. For more information, email: ADRIENNE.BURROUGH@LSHTM.AC.UK

World Ophthalmology Congress
(Previously called “International Congress of Ophthalmology ICO”)
February 19 - 24, 2006 Venue: Brazil
The World Ophthalmology Congress will be held in conjunction with the XXVI Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology and the XVII Brazilian Congress on Blindness Prevention.
Information on the congress and on the committees, scientific programme and coordinators of different areas are available at the congress web site: www.ophthalmology2006.com.br

New resources from ICEH

Santé Oculaire Communautaire - French edition of Community Eye Health Journal

Copies of the first French-language edition are now available free of charge. If you would like copies for your institution or colleagues, please contact ICEH.

Chinese edition of the Journal

The Chinese edition of the Community Eye Health Journal is now available from the Amity Foundation, 71 Han Kou Road, Nanjing, 210008 China. Email: AMITY@AMITYFOUNDATION.ORG.CN

Monitoring cataract surgical outcomes CD-ROM
Contains different packages to monitor the visual outcome of cataract surgery as well as instruction guides and supporting documents:

Author: Hans Limburg. Copies of this CD-ROM are available free of charge from the International Centre for Eye Health.

Obituary

Sister Ishikande Ndossi

It is with great regret that we report the death of Sister Ishikande Ndossi.

A former student at the International Centre for Eye Health, Sister Ndossi, completed the Diploma in Community Eye Health in 1995, generously supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) - then the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) - and also the British Council for the Prevention of Blindness (BCPB).

She first qualified as a registered general nurse and continued to work at Mvumi Hospital, Dodoma, Tanzania specialising in ophthalmic nursing. In 1988 Sister Ndossi began work with the Christoffel Blindenmission(CBM) on the Prevention of Blindness Programme, based at Afgooye, Somalia where her main responsibility was coordinating in-patient care. She later worked as Field Assistant with the Rombo Trachoma Research Project in Rombo District, Tanzania and most recently as Patient Counsellor at the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Moshi.

Sister Ndossi, a wonderful human being who loved her family deeply, a dedicated ophthalmic nurse, respected by her colleagues and patients alike, and a faithful friend to many people, passed away on November 15, 2004 following a long illness which she bore so very bravely.

We remember her with much affection and convey our deepest sympathy to her parents, family and everyone whose lives she touched and who are saddened by her untimely death.

Sue Stevens

Correction

In the article titled Lessons from the Moroccan National Trachoma Control Programme (CEHJ 2005 Issue 52), there was an error in the map showing provinces targetted for trachoma control. The correct map is shown below. The journal apologises for this error.

Fig 1. Provinces targeted for trachoma control in Morocco

Fig1. Provinces targeted for trachoma control in Morocco

Next issue

The next issue of the Community Eye Health Journal will be on the theme VISION 2020 at the district level.