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The IAPB Africa region covers 46 different countries, with 5 distinct sub-regions (Southern Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, English West Africa and French West Africa).

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Select the following bars to learn more about the countries in the region, key contacts, and co-chairs.

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cabo Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Regional Chair: Aaron Magava, email: [email protected]

Programme Coordinator: Simon Day, email: [email protected]

IAPB Africa Newsletter

Subscribe now for news from the Africa region, which is sent to subscribers quarterly in French and English.

Latest news from IAPB Africa

30.01.2025

  • News

WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to elimi...

  • Niger,
  • Onchocerciasis

20.01.2025

  • News

GoodVision’s one-year eye screening training program in Burkina ...

Prevent Blindness Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on Eye Disease that is the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States

10.06.2024

  • News

Prevent Blindness Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month to Educate...

Sarah Hecker

  • Cataract,
  • cataract awareness,
  • cataract education cataract surgery
Solar for Eye Health

01.04.2024

  • News

Solar for Eye Health

Anthony Atiko

Benedictine Eye Hospital innovates eye care solutions through integration of renewable energy in thier services

  • Renewable Energy,
  • Solar for Eye Health,
  • Universal Health Coverage,
  • WHO
Prevent Blindness logo

28.02.2024

  • News

Prevent Blindness Launches New “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Edu...

Sarah Hecker

  • Children's Eye Health,
  • Children's Vision,
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity,
  • ROP
Dr. Angela Birungi is one of the ophthalmology scholarship holders currently training at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda.

01.12.2023

  • News

Apply for CBM Scholarship for Ophthalmology Residency

  • CBM,
  • CBM IEH,
  • Human Resource,
  • Scholarship,
  • Scholarships,
  • sponsorship,
  • Universal Health Coverage
Nathaniel in group shot

16.11.2023

  • News

Ghana’s China trained doctor restoring sight to locals

  • Ghana
People at the forum

28.09.2023

  • News

Foster China-Africa Community with a shared future: China-Africa Partn...

25.09.2023

  • News

Private Public Partnerships: CBM Supports Construction of Modern Eye U...

  • Eye health financing,
  • Optometry,
  • technology,
  • Universal Health Coverage
Search for trachoma virus/Chibuzo Orame

17.05.2023

  • News

Benin and Mali eliminate trachoma as a public health problem

  • Africa,
  • Benin,
  • Mali,
  • Trachoma

04.04.2023

  • News

L’OPC présente son Plan stratégique 2023-2028

  • Afrique,
  • français,
  • ONG,
  • OPC,
  • stratégie,
  • Tchad
Photo of Ciku Mathenge

07.02.2023

  • News

African Ophthalmology Council (AOC) welcomes new interim President

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Primary Eye Care Training Manual

03.07.2018

  • Resources

Primary Eye Care Training Manual

21.02.2019

  • Resources

Core competencies for the Eye Health Workforce in the WHO African region

17.10.2019

  • Resources

Catalogue of key eye health indicators in the African region
  • Advocacy
  • Knowledge

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