OSN | Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria – Promoting excellence in the study of eye disease, care of the human eye and practice of ophthalmology since 1969.

OSN 43rd Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference
Our Vision and Mission
Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology
WSD 2017 Volunteers in Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria
An elderly man takes off his eyeglasses during an interview at an event to mark World Sight Day 2017.
A high school student has an eye examined at an event to mark World Sight Day 2017.
WSD 2017 Volunteers in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
4.25 million adults aged 40 years and older in Nigeria are visually impaired or blind.
Masters Degree program in Ophthalmology at the University of Ibadan

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Ghana eliminates trachoma

June 17, 2018

Ghana has become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to to successfully eliminate trachoma eye disease as a public health...

LSHTM offers free course on Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

February 10, 2018

New collaboration to prevent childhood blindness in Nigeria

February 9, 2018

“VISION 2020” Initiative

January 4, 2018

Global Action Plan on Universal Eye Health

January 3, 2018

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WSD 2017 NW Zone

December 17, 2017

Here are some images from the WSD 2017 event in North-West Nigeria....

WSD 2017 Ogun State

December 17, 2017

WSD 2017 SS Zone

December 17, 2017

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“VISION-SAVE” project aims to combat childhood blindness

December 17, 2017

VISION-SAVE is a United States Agency for International Development-Childhood Blindness Project (USAID-CBP)...

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Artificial Intelligence excels at detecting a major cause of childhood blindness

May 5, 2018

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a major cause of childhood blindness worldwide and even for a subject area specialist, making...

Cataract and Refractive Error lead among global causes of blindness

February 3, 2018

Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and development of CVD in Type I Diabetes

February 3, 2018