Cameroon

In 2012 the Prime Minister of Cameroon invited Orbis to invest in high quality eye health services in the country. In 2014 Orbis entered a partnership with public hospital Yaoundé Central Hospital (YCH) to establish a comprehensive eye-care service programme. In the same year, Orbis entered into a private partnership with non-profit organisation The Magrabi Foundation to establish a Paediatric Teaching and Training Centre at the Magrabi International Council of Ophthalmology Cameroon Eye Institute (MICEI) which opened its doors in March 2017.

Since 2014, Orbis has implemented several initiatives that have strengthened YCH’s and MICEI’s capacity to delivery high quality eye care services. At the invitation of the Prime Minister, Orbis’s Flying Eye Hospital delivered its third training programme in October 2017.

In 2018 alone, we delivered:

We are just beginning our work with Yaoundé Central Hospital to enhance quality, efficiency and accessibility of eye health services in the ophthalmology unit. This project focuses on training hospital staff, increasing volume and quality of eye health services and the strengthening of procurement and supply management systems. With your help, we will also be providing new equipment and training staff on how to use it.

We are also a key partner in growing the Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute into a sub-speciality eye health training center for Francophone Africa.

• Yaoundé Central Hospital
• Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute