With an invite from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, this training project will mark the Flying Eye Hospital ‘s eleventh visit to Bangladesh. Our plane, the world’s only fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft, first touched down in Bangladesh in 1985 with the most recent project taking place in 2017.
This project will deliver essential eye care training to improve access for children and adults in communities across Bangladesh for years to come. With only 1,200 ophthalmologists serving 168 million people — including 750,000 adults and 48,000 children living with blindness — the need for specialized training is just as critical as ever.