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Fighting Corneal Blindness in Ethiopia
This girl from the Gununo village of southern Ethiopia was diagnosed with corneal blindness and was referred to Menelik II Hospital in the capital, Addis Ababa, for a cornea transplant. ORBIS helped establish the country's first eye bank in 2003, making cornea transplants possible in Ethiopia. Read more...
ORBIS Holds Second VISION 2020 Workshop in East Africa
In conjunction with the National Eye Care/Onchocerciasis Control Program of Tanzania and the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, ORBIS held its second East African ORBIS/Vision 2020 Right to Sight Workshop July 9-11, 2008, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read more...
 
 

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