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Celebrating 40 Years of Innovation

It was March 1, 1982, when our iconic Flying Eye Hospital took off on its first ever sight-saving project. Over the four decades since, we have continually harnessed the power of innovation to reach new heights in the fight against avoidable blindness.
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Female Myanmar patient stands in front of the Flying Eye Hospital

Mongolia Virtual Flying Eye Hospital Project Launches

November 01, 2021

We're excited to announce the launch of a new VIRTUAL Flying Eye Hospital project in Mongolia. With generous support from OMEGA, the project will train ophthalmic nurses in cataract treatment - the leading cause of blindness in the country.

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Orbis team in Barbados.

A new and improved way to REACH school aged children of India

October 13, 2021

Orbis's school screening program has new strategies and initiatives that make it an apt program to reach out to children enrolled in schools and otherwise. It also covers the scope of providing continuum of care to the community through the setup of vision centers

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Eye Care Everywhere: Saving Senowara’s Sight

October 12, 2021

For this World Sight Day on October 14, we’re renewing our commitment to safely bringing eye care everywhere in spite of pandemic-related challenges. This is especially critical in places where eye care is extremely scarce, like Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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Marla's mother and grandmother were also born with congenital cataracts

Saving Little Marla From A Life of Blindness

September 29, 2021

Little Marla was born with congenital cataracts. If she hadn't received surgery at an Orbis-supported hospital in Mongolia, she would have suffered permanent vision loss. Now, she is just one member of the generations of children who can now grow up to lead independent lives with healthy sight.​

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Eye Care Everywhere: The Orbis Vision Van Hits the Road

September 22, 2021

Since March 2020, health care providers around the world have prioritized COVID-19 response measures causing many urgent eye surgeries to be delayed. If eye conditions are neglected, however, they can cause irreparable damage, resulting in severe vision loss or blindness.

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How to Continue Sharing Skills During a Global Pandemic

September 20, 2021

You may already know Dr. Andrew Choyce, an anesthesiologist who has been part of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital team for more than 15 years. Last year Dr. Choyce was saving lives on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic, but what has he been doing in 2021? We caught up with him to find out.

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Elderly patient Yu Xue Zhen wears an eye covering after a cataract operation in Yunnan, China

China Flying Eye Hospital Project Goes Virtual

September 16, 2021

A new VIRTUAL Flying Eye Hospital project that will train eye care teams in China to fight diabetic retinopathy launches today via our online telemedicine platform, Cybersight.

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World Sight Day 2021 #LoveYourEyes: Vignesh's Story

September 14, 2021

This World Sight Day, we're encouraging our wonderful supporters to get their eyes tested. Why? Because by age 10, Vignesh had already resigned himself to the fact that he would always be blind until a simple eye screening he nearly didn’t attend changed his life for the better. Thanks to good eye care, he now has a much brighter future ahead.

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