Background

Kabgayi Eye Unit welcomes you all to its official website. The Kabgayi Eye Unit is located in Muhanga district which is one of the districts of the southern province of Rwanda. The Kabgayi Eye Unit is a department of the Kabgayi General Hospital in the Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi. This department was initiated in 1993 in collaboration with CBM and the ministry of health in Rwanda (Minisante). In 2012, KEU was designated as a referral center by the ministry of Health due to its excellence and influence in eye care throughout the country.

Kabgayi Eye Unit serves a population affected by eye diseases from various locations within the national territory and neighboring countries (Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC). Kabgayi Eye Unit is committed to provide quality eye care services according to international standards, train health professionals, contribute to the development of eye units in district hospitals, conducting outstanding research and provide technical support to health systems.

OBJECTIVES

• Enhance patients experience at Kabgayi Eye Unit

• Train more Ophthalmologists coming from different backgrounds and countries.

• Create more partnerships with district and teaching hospitals

• Raise public awareness about clear simple practices to be adopted early in order to prevent for avoidable blindness.

VISION

To become the best training center of ophthalmology in the region, providing high quality eye care services to our patients.

MISSION

To put an end to avoidable blindness by providing high quality eye care services to our patients either in big cities or rural areas through outreaches; training ophthalmic clinical officers as well ophthalmologists and forming strong partnerships with various stakeholders who are leaders in the ophthalmic field as well.

VALUES

• Integrity

• Love of people and work

• Innovation