Chinsisi Namate Nyirenda

Consultant Ophthalmologist

MBBS, MMed Ophth, FCOphth, ChM Clinical Ophth, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Zomba Central Hospital, Malawi.

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Figure 2: The optical shop at the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital in Zomba.

Developing eye health services in Malawi: a personal reflection

3 June 2024 | | Glaucoma, Cataract and Refractive, Ophthalmology

Dr Chinsisi Namate reflects on her first two years as a consultant ophthalmologist at the eye unit at Zomba Central Hospital, and how she has already successfully expanded eyecare services for southeast Malawi. The Lions Sight First Eye Hospital in...

Photo of Dr Chinsisi Namate.

Where are they now?

4 October 2023 | | Ophthalmology

The Eye News and University of Edinburgh teams last met up with Zomba-based Dr Chinsisi Namate Nyirenda, in Glasgow, May 2022, when she was a member of The Ophthalmological Society of Malawi’s delegation to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual...

Photo showing New COECSA Fellows taking the oath of the College. 

Africa makes strides in tackling blinding eye diseases: highlights of annual conference

1 December 2022 | | Ophthalmology

Introduction The 9th Annual Scientific Conference of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) was held at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi in September 2022. The meeting was hosted by the Ophthalmological Society...