International Council of Ophthalmology/
International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies
The International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies (IFOS)
represents and serves
professional associations of ophthalmologists throughout the world.The International Council of
Ophthalmology (ICO) is the executive body and operational arm of IFOS.
The roots of IFOS and the ICO date back to 1857 when 150 ophthalmologists from 24
countries convened in Brussels for the first International Congress of Ophthalmology.
Participants in the Congress founded the ICO in 1927 in Scheveningen, Holland, and IFOS in 1933
in Madrid, Spain.
ICO Mission
The ICO works with ophthalmologic societies, ophthalmologists and others to enhance
ophthalmic education and the provision of eye care in order to preserve and protect vision for all
people worldwide.
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