The Flying Eye Hospital touches down in Mongolia

News and Stories

Covid-19 response

We wanted to take a moment to outline Orbis’s response to the current public health situation. As we’re sure you can imagine we've had to rethink some of our plans for 2020. Below is an outline of how things currently stand.
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Quiz: Guess the year

March 11, 2020
Dr. Daniel Neely using Cybersight to train local eye doctors during a Flying Eye Hospital program

Focus on Telemedicine

March 11, 2020

Cybersight is our award winning remote training and education platform. It was launched in 2003 to allow health teams around the world to access our training and education tools anywhere, anytime - and it looks like it's going to play a bigger part in our plans for 2020 than anyone imagined.

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital on the tarmac in Kingston, Jamaica

Just Plane Awesome: Ten Facts About The Amazing Flying Eye Hospital

March 10, 2020

The Flying Eye Hospital is a one-of-a-kind aircraft, specially designed to take our expert medical team and their teaching hospital anywhere in the world! Here are our favorite facts about this amazing aircraft...

Press Release: Orbis International Commences First-Ever Training Program in the United States

March 10, 2020

Orbis International commences first ever Flying Eye Hospital training project on US soil - welcoming partners from Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

International Women's Day 2020

March 06, 2020

Worldwide, there are 25 million more women with visual impairment than men. This Sunday is International Women’s Day, which is an opportunity to shine a light on this blindness gender gap.

Hakeema with her mom and older sister post strabismus surgery in Ghana

Ghana: Hakeema Can Thrive At School Without Her Squint

February 27, 2020

We met this bundle of energy during our recent Flying Eye Hospital project in Ghana. Hakeema was treated for squint by our team of volunteer doctors and local partners at the Korle Bu Eye Centre.

Flying eye hospital takes off.

Press release: Orbis International Secures a Half-Million Dollars from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

February 27, 2020

NEW YORK, March 2, 2019 – The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will invest USD $500,000 to support the sight-saving work Orbis International carries out on its Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft.

Press Release: Orbis among Top 100 Proposals for MacArthur $100 Million Grant

February 19, 2020

Orbis and partners in the Vision 4 Africa consortium among high-scoring 100&Change applications featured in Bold Solutions Network.