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Vision stories

HEROES OF ORBIS: DR. JAVED FAROOQUI

April 19, 2021

Dr. Javed Farooqui first joined the Orbis family in 2014 as a staff ophthalmologist on board the Flying Eye Hospital. Now, he’s a consultant at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Delhi, India, where he delivers sight-saving treatment and trains fellow ophthalmologists from across the world.

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CHANGING LIVES TO RESTORE SIGHT-A STORY OF HOPE

January 11, 2021

Orbis joined hands with Akhand Jyoti in 2016 to not only help the children in six districts of Bihar but also to build the capacity of the team of optometrists and other personnel within the project, most of them being girls.

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ORBIS TEAM ON THE GROUND IN ETHIOPIA FIGHTING TRACHOMA

December 30, 2020

The Orbis team is urgently responding to a crisis in southern Ethiopia. Millions of people suffer from an infectious, blinding disease called trachoma — and the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the situation. Find out what's going on right now in Ethiopia and how you can help prevent trachoma’s spread.

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PATIENT STORIES: TREATING MALATE, ETHIOPIA, FOR TRACHOMA

December 23, 2020

Mother of two Malate had been suffering with trachoma for one year without seeking help for fear of the cost. When she met Abiyot, an Orbis-trained Integrated Eye Care Worker, everything changed. Now, having undergone trachomatous trichiasis surgery, Malate is excited to start this “new chapter” in her life.

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DR. RUDOLPH (RUDY) WAGNER M.D.

December 18, 2020

Volunteer Faculty member and pediatric specialist, Dr. Rudy Wagner, is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at Rutgers State, University of New Jersey Medical School. He has been in practice for nearly 40 years and part of the Orbis family since the early 1990s.

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EVERY BLINK WAS PAINFUL FOR ASEGEDECH

November 30, 2020

Asegedech was one of the 1.2 million people in Ethiopia suffering from trachoma – a cruel and agonizing infection that slowly tortures and blinds.

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HEROES OF ORBIS: DR. DONNY SUH

November 05, 2020

Dr. Donny Suh is a Volunteer Faculty member who has worked with Orbis for over 20 years on 16 sight-saving programs! Dr. Suh is Chief of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He also teaches at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and treats patients at Nebraska Medicine.

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HEROES OF ORBIS: DR. SHAILENDRA SUGRIM

October 31, 2020

Dr. Shailendra Sugrim is Head of the Ophthalmology Department at our partner Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) He specializes in glaucoma and also coordinates the Guyana Diabetic Retinopathy Program, aimed at improving care for diabetic patients in the country.

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