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HCP work in Myanmar featured on CBS 60 Minutes

60 Minutes features Himalayan Cataract Project co-founders Dr. Sanduk Ruit and Dr. Geoff Tabin in Myanmar conducting a high-volume cataract surgical outreach.
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Successful Corneal Workshop in Ghana

HCP Affiliated Ophthalmologist and former International Fellow Dr. Matthew Bujak returned to Kumasi, Ghana to work with the cornea team at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
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Reducing Cataract Blindness in Southern Ethiopia

A surgical outreach intervention held at Arbaminch General Hospital in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) region from March 20-25th provided 981 cataract surgeries.
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Abba Philippos Eye Clinic in Western Ethiopia helps over 500

HCP Partner Abba Philippos Memorial Eye Clinic of Ethiopia conducted 3 consecutive outreach events, yielding a total of 549 surgeries.
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Dorcas

Dorcas is a 16 year-old girl from Awaso in the Western Region of Ghana, who had to drop out of school because she was being ridiculed for having a “bad” eye.
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Myanmar launches national Eye Health Plan

On March 23rd, in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, the Ministry of Health and Sports officially launched the National Eye Health Plan - the first national strategic document for eye health...
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Ground Breaking Ceremony for Bhutan National Eye Center

Co-founder Dr. Sanduk Ruit attends the official launching of the Gyalyum Kesang Choeden Wangchuck National Eye Center in Bhutan.
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Curt Schlosser

“The reason I am always smiling is that every day when I get up and can see, ​I tend to smile the whole day. People notice that and I tell...
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USAID/ASHA: Improving lives together through Innovation

For more than a decade, USAID’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (USAID/ASHA) has been one of the Himalayan Cataract Project’s most important and reliable funding partners...
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