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About the Department

Vision

An international centre of choice for training of high caliber health care professionals; for innovative research and provision of quality eye care in a safe environment.

Mission: 

To train high caliber professionals; conduct innovative relevant research; provide evidence based health care and contribute to health policy formulation in eye care

Core values:

The department will define, promote and operate within a clear and consistent set of ethics, reflecting its core values of: excellence, integrity, inclusiveness, openness and justice.

Excellence:  The department will strive for professional excellence, at the highest standards, in training, research, service provision to all stakeholders and in all activities it undertakes.

Integrity: The department will uphold integrity in all its activities.

Inclusiveness:  The department will not discriminate against people of different classes, ethnic groups, gender, age, disability or minority groups in any of its activities.  It will pursue its goals and objectives applying principles of merit and a concern for all people.

Openness:  The department will transact the affairs of the institution in a transparent manner.

Justice: The department will always act with fairness and justice for all and   recognise the importance of access to our work by all sectors of society.

Introduction

University of Nairobi started postgraduate training in Ophthalmology in 1978 under the Department of Surgery. In 1990, Ophthalmology became an independent Department and was granted the status of WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness in May 1991. The Department has trained over 120 ophthalmologists fourteen different African countries from 1978 to date.

The department is an active member of the East African College of Ophthalmology (EACO) which was launched in 2007. The teaching eye clinic is housed by Kenyatta National Hospital. We participate in planning and implementation of VISION 2020 global initiative in Kenya and the region.

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