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The Story of Six Siblings
news Ethiopia

The Story of Six Siblings

Cure Blindness Project joins the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) in highlighting the importance of children’s eye health for World Sight Day 2024. For the next several...
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Hands on training with Dr Audrey Rostov
news Ethiopia

Training Expands Capacity for Eye Care in Ethiopia

For a fourth year, Cure Blindness Project is helping expand eye health capacity in Ethiopia by training ophthalmic nurses and optometrists. Forty-three eye health professionals, working across the primary, secondary...
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Patients in Tanzania
news Ethiopia Ghana Tanzania

Cataract Campaign Donations Exceed Expectation

June is Cataract Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of the devastating impact of cataract blindness on millions of people around the world. Supporters of our mission exceeded fundraising...
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Ethiopian Soldier Sees Again
news Ethiopia

Ethiopian Soldier Sees Again

While on night patrol in the country’s northern region, Fisum heard a noise and began running through a grove of black thorns to investigate. In the dark, he couldn’t see...
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Ethiopian Farmer Sees Again
news Ethiopia

Ethiopian Farmer Sees Again

At HCP Cureblindness outreaches, patients react differently the moment doctors remove their bandages: Some cry. Some stare in disbelief. Others break out in joyful grins. Each one is memorable. Each...
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Thousands of patients in Ethiopia will benefit from this specialized training.
news Ethiopia

Another First: HCP Fellowship Means New Specialty Care for Ethiopia

A new fellowship in uveitis means Ethiopia will soon have a dedicated doctor who resides in the country available to diagnose and treat the disease.
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65-year-old Mustefa Adem, cured of bilateral blindness
news Ethiopia

What Happens When Fate Knocks on Your Door

Outreach teams proactively seek out patients who may not know about upcoming outreaches to ensure those that need help receive it.
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news Ethiopia

Look & Learn: Visit Allows for More Outreaches in 2024

Visitors from Somaliland recently visited an outreach at Bisidimo to watch and learn from HCP’s experienced team to replicate the outreach after returning home.
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news Ethiopia

Ethiopian Surgeon Runs Independent Outreach Based on HCP-Model

Having worked with HCP Cureblindness for more than a decade, Ethiopian cataract surgeon Abraham Aregay hosts his first ever independent outreach structured on HCP’s proven model.
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