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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ORBIS’s work in Africa is based in Ethiopia. Here, ORBIS focuses on cataract, refractive error and trachoma — a painful, infectious and blinding condition that threatens 65 million Ethiopians. ORBIS is also building up the eye care staffing in Ethiopia, especially among optometrists and other mid-level professionals. Read more...
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In Bangladesh, ORBIS is making quality eye care affordable and accessible to the poor. Having made major headway in providing pediatric, corneal and cataract services, ORBIS is now responding to the emerging threat of diabetic retinopathy. The ORBIS Bangladesh office also oversees projects in Pakistan. 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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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 pediatric eye care centers 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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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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