Theophile Kabesha
Bukavu Eye Clinic Medical, Congo
Biography
Theophile Kabesha has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from Lubumbashi University and postdoctoral studies in ophthalmology from Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology of Africa in Bamako-Mali. He also completed his studies in epidemiology and clinical research from ISPED Bordeaux-France and has been trained in medical retina at Creteil - Paris XII university ophthalmic center (France) under the ICO fellowship program sponsoring. He is the director of Bukavu eye Clinic, a provincial ophthalmologic referral center. He has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as the blindness prevention pioneer in eastern Congo of repute (1000 cataract surgery a year and 14000 patients performed). He actually is a professor at Bukavu official university school of medicine.
Abstract
Abstract : Ophthalmology practice challenges in low income countries (Eastern Congo specific case)