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Empowering Eye Care Education: A Milestone for Wet Labs

With generous support from Johnson & Johnson, Cure Blindness Project has equipped six leading universities in Ethiopia with essential tools to establish or enhance their ophthalmology Wet Labs. These universities...
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A Vision Realized: Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Inaugurates New Eye Care Center of Excellence
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A Vision Realized: Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Inaugurates New Eye Care Center of Excellence

On March 3rd, the grounds of Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) came alive with celebration, reflection, and hope. Leaders from government, global health organizations, donor communities, and the people of...
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His Excellency Ervin Massinga, United States Ambassador to Ethiopia
news Ethiopia

U.S. Ambassador Witnesses Sight Restored in Eastern Ethiopia

Last month, Cure Blindness Project had the distinct honor of hosting His Excellency Ervin Massinga, United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, during a high-volume cataract surgical outreach at Bisidimo Hospital in...
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Dr. Stuart Clive
news Ghana

Idaho ER Doctor Donates Year's Salary to Cure Blindness Project 

When many physicians retire, they trade hospital shifts for the golf course. But Boise-area emergency room physician Dr. Stuart Clive is doing something far different. Dr. Clive will continue working...
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Cure Blindness Project team
news Ethiopia

New Strategic Plan Will Transform Access to Eye Care Across Ethiopia

Cure Blindness Project worked with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health to develop and draft the country’s most current strategic plan. The plan aligns with the World Health Organization’s World Report on...
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2024 Corneal Summit in Ghana
news Ghana

HCP Cureblindness Leads Support for Proposed Organ Donation Legislation

HCP Cureblindness joined partners to raise awareness to the need for a comprehensive organ and tissue donation law in Ghana.
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Dr. Gloria Kyeremeh at Tarkwa Hospital in Ghana, completing the first outreach with her new outreach kit.
news Ghana

Gift of Equipment Allows Rural Doctor to Cure Blindness

With much needed instruments, Dr. Gloria Kyeremeh, an ophthalmologist from rural Ghana, is able to treat and cure more cases of blindness.
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Medical Equipment Headed to Bhutan, like the Arclight shown
news Bhutan

Medical Equipment Headed to Bhutan

A small, hand-held diagnostic tool will allow patients in rural Bhutan to receive early diagnosis to prevent blindness.
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Boru Meda12
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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