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news Ethiopia

Re-equipping war-torn hospital resumes care in the Amhara region

In early March, five Ethiopian ophthalmologists arrived at Kombolcha airport and headed to an outreach at Boru Meda Hospital, a small health center on the outskirts of Dessie.
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news Ghana

An Update on Baby Beatrice

Some of you may remember Baby Beatrice, the little patient we met last year during an outreach at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in Ghana. At that time, Beatrice was just...
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news Ghana

It Takes a Village

The surgical outreach events held by HCP play an important role providing eye care. But, these outreaches wouldn’t happen without the support of many local community members - it’s not...
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news Ethiopia

Ethiopia Patient Story: Yeshi Ali Yesuf

​Yeshi Ali Yesuf, age 35, was born deaf and has been unable to communicate verbally her whole life.
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Seeking our next CEO

The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) envisions a world in which no person is needlessly blind. For over 25 years, we have partnered with local eye health providers to help them...
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news Ghana

Providing Hope for the Future in Ghana

Throughout the month of February, HCP and its partners provided surgical outreach events throughout Ghana. An outreach event at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) is where we met 13-year-old...
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news South Sudan

International Team Brings Care and Training

After years of civil war and with only two ophthalmologists and one ophthalmic nurse serving a population of nearly 13 million people, most South Sudanese lack adequate access to eye care.
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Celebrating International Women's Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day - a day to celebrate the achievements of women and to take action for gender equality.
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HCP launches search for new CEO

We have some exciting news to share with you. A search is underway for an accomplished and collaborative leader to serve as HCP’s next Chief Executive Officer.
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