Orthoptics Worldwide
If you would like to contribute to this section or learn more about orthoptics in one of the countries highlighted please contact the Program Coordinator of International Cooperation Daisy Godts or with the Program Coordinator of Promotion and Development Kyle Arnoldi.
Implementing Orthoptic Services in Albania
Dear Colleagues,
As you know we implemented the standardized Orthoptic service in the Public Health System of Albania (the first service performed...
Teaching mission in Rwanda
Kabgayi Eye Unit, May 7-15, 2022
I was asked by “Light for the World Belgium” www.lightfortheworld.be to visit their eye hospital in Kabgayi, Rwanda...
Project “Orthoptic and Children’s vision” - Brazil
The International Orthoptic Association (IOA) determined the first Monday in June as the “World Orthoptic Day”. The date is celebrated festively with...
Vision screening in the USA
Hi my name is Wanda Lynn Ottar Pfeifer, for the past 28 years I have been involved in vision screening. It all started when I moved to Iowa in 1992...
IOA Exchange Program 2018 Visit to Houston. Texas. USA.
Switzerland - USA 2018
From March 5 -16, Simone Küng and Andrea Bücheler had the opportunity to immerse themselves in an American pediatric...
IOA Exchange program. Moorfields Eye Hospital in the UK 2018
London - Japan 2018
I used to work at University Hospital in Japan for 12 years. During 12 years of my career, I had opportunities to meet students...
Casa de Luz Medical and Eye Surgery Humanitarian Trip 2016, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
In 2005, the initial directors of the “Casa de Luz” organization http://www.casa-de-luz.com sought a charitable activity as a group effort for...
IOA Teaching Volunteer 2015 Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
My IOA volunteer teaching mission to India in November 2013 was an unforgettable and satisfying experience for me. So I immediately agreed when dr...
Teaching mission Nigeria
Port Harcourt University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, October 6 –13, 2018
Last year during the WSPOS congress in Hyderabad, I met dr Adedayo Adio a...
Karin Spatz: Mabuhay! Orthoptics in North Samar / Philippines
Karin Spatz, Orthoptist in Germany, visited together with an ophthalmologist Bugko, a costal village with about 7000 inhabitants. Next to giving...
Daisy Godts: Evaluation and teaching mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
"Light for the World Belgium", a NGO fighting against blindness, the improvement of quality of life of persons with a visual handicap and their rights...
Claudia Ehlers: Low Vision in Rwanda
Claudia Ehlers, teaching Orthoptist and Health Professions Educator (M. Sc) was invited to the Kabjye-Eye-Hospital to train eye-workers in the field...
Orthoptics in Poland
The person responsible for the advent of orthoptics in Poland is Professor Marian Wilczek (1903 - 1967), whose initiative led to the construction of...
Orthoptics in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
During the 1970s, Israel offered a form of orthoptic training, which was useful to manage squints and amblyopia patients. However, this phased out as...
Orthoptics in Uganda
A Journey to: Uganda by Lilliane Margaret Mugagga.
In her report Lilliane Margaret Mugagga desribes her work as an Orthoptist/Ophthalmic clinical...