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Regional Leaders Helping Shape Future of Global Ophthalmology 
Local Capacity

Regional Leaders Helping Shape Future of Global Ophthalmology 

In our 30th anniversary year, join Cure Blindness Project as we reflect on our past while simultaneously looking towards our future. This monthly feature titled Then & Now will showcase...
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Restored Sight, Renewed Life: Gifty’s Story in Her Own Words
Ghana Patient Care

Restored Sight, Renewed Life: Gifty’s Story in Her Own Words

Local photographer and storyteller Francis Kokokoro shares the story of Ghanaian mother and trader Gifty from a recent outreach hosted at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
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Sight, Strength, and a Second Chance
India Patient Care

Sight, Strength, and a Second Chance

Kasturi Bishi, 64, lives with her husband in a small village in Odisha, India.
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Dambar Kumar Mijar after removing patch Nepal
Nepal Patient Care

In Her Son’s Eyes, She Found Herself Again

When Dambar Kumari Mijar first began losing her vision, she tried to push through the chores of rural life in Dolakha, Nepal. But as her eyesight dimmed over two years...
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Dr. Sanduk Ruit and Dr. Geoff Tabin, co-founders of Cure Blindness Project

Three Decades of Vision: Building Capacity, Changing Futures

In our 30th anniversary year, join Cure Blindness Project as we reflect on our past while simultaneously looking towards our future. This monthly feature titled Then & Now will showcase...
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Abdulai Adam, 86, recipient of a free cataract surgery, surrounded by some of his children
Ghana Patient Care

A Son's Love

Son Adam Shahayawu, 24, couldn’t imagine a better way to honor his father Abdulai Adam, 86, then by traveling with him to a Cure Blindness Project outreach to have his...
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2025 Research Grants Announced
Local Capacity

2025 Research Grants Announced

Cure Blindness Project is excited to announce the winners of its 2025 research grants. With a record number of applications, the selection committee thanks all faculty and residents who submitted...
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A Community Health Worker leads hands-on eye screening
India Local Capacity Prevention

Preventing Blindness in Rural India, One Community at a Time

Cure Blindness Project, in collaboration with Sitapur Eye Hospital, is implementing the Blindness Prevention Program in India to reduce preventable blindness and improve access to quality eye care services in...
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Cure Blindness Project eye care training in Thimpu, Bhutan

Then & Now: Types of Blindness We Treat

While on his descent from Mt. Everest in 1988, Dr. Geoff Tabin came upon a Dutch ophthalmologist performing sight-restoring cataract surgeries in a rural village in the shadow of the...
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The Miracle of Cataract Surgery: Ten Minutes That Change Everything
Patient Care

The Miracle of Cataract Surgery: Ten Minutes That Change Everything

What could you do in ten minutes? Take a second, think about it. Did “cure blindness” make your list?
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