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Where We Work
ORBIS works with its local partners to establish comprehensive, affordable and sustainable eye care in developing countries. ORBIS provides training opportunities through its Flying Eye Hospital, hospital-based programs and fellowships, and Cyber-Sight® — a unique telemedicine program offering online consultation and education.
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Bangladesh is one of the world’s poorest countries, with half its population living below the poverty line. Lack of public health care resources, poor nutrition and disease contribute to high rates of blindness. Read more...
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ORBIS capacity-building projects in rural China focus on cataract, childhood blindness, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Making eye care affordable is a major goal. ORBIS helped facilitate the government’s participation in VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, and helped establish the country's national eye care plan. Read more...
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The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital has brought its blindness prevention and treatment skills to numerous countries in Africa, including Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Mali, Malawi, Botsana, Kenya and Burkina Faso. Read more...
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Twenty percent of the world’s blind children live in India. About 320,000 children under age 16 are blind or visually impaired. ORBIS is almost midway toward developing 50 fully equipped and properly staffed paediatric eye care centres in India. ORBIS is also addressing corneal disease and diabetic retinopathy in India. Read more...
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ORBIS doesn't have an office in Latin America or the Caribbean but does engage in long-term projects. In Jamaica, ORBIS focuses on cataract care and orbital trauma. In Peru, the emphasis is on retinal disease, especially retinopathy of prematurity. ORBIS has also conducted projects in Costa Rica and Guyana. Read more...
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ORBIS established an office in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010 to manage programmes in Southern Africa. The focus of the office is to develop specialised services for children's eye health within the region. Read more...
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In Vietnam, ORBIS is placing special emphasis on cataract, corneal disease and childhood blindness, particularly retinopathy of prematurity. ORBIS was instrumental in establishing Vietnam’s first eye bank and is now supporting a nationwide campaign to promote corneal donation. Read more...
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ORBIS has been working to develop child eye health services in Zambia since 2010. We have partnered with the Ministry of Health and Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) to build capacity within the over burdened and under resourced healthcare system. Read more...
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