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Statement on FAA Directive for MD-10 Aircraft

Safety is Orbis International’s highest priority. We are committed to full compliance with all regulatory requirements and to ensuring the well-being of our patients, training participants, volunteers, staff, and crew.

Bangladesh project leaves a lasting eye care legacy

Our Flying Eye Hospital project in Bangladesh has successfully concluded with local eye care teams improving their skills and expertise under the guidance of world-leading Volunteer Faculty.

Brighter lives for children in Ethiopia as training project wraps

An ophthalmic training project dedicated to helping treat strabismus, a major cause of childhood blindness and vision loss in children, has successfully wrapped up at our partner hospital in Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Esther has the chance to save her sight thanks to artificial intelligence

They say that knowledge is power, and for Esther, a diabetes patient from Rwanda, this has certainly been the case. Esther recently attended her first-ever eye screening where she was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can lead to irreversible sight loss.

Meet Dr. Lady Celis Suarez

Women and girls are often more comfortable receiving treatment from another female care provider, which is why Orbis is dedicated to increasing the number of women in ophthalmology.

Han finally gets the care she needs thanks to Orbis supporters

Five-year-old Han from Vietnam is the first patient to step on board the Flying Eye Hospital for surgery since the start of the pandemic. After an earlier procedure to restore her vision was unsuccessful, she finally got the care she needed when the plane landed near her hometown.

How One Dad’s Job Helped Save His Twins' Sight

Women-Led Green Vision Centers: Meet an eye health hero

March 8 is International Women’s Day, an opportunity to reflect on the progress made toward gender equality and highlight what Orbis is doing to create a fairer and more equitable world. With 112 million more women than men living with vision loss, including blindness, we know there is still work to be done to #BreaktheBias in eye health.