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13-Year-Old Girl in South Sudan Regains Her Sight
South Sudan Patient Care

13-Year-Old Girl in South Sudan Regains Her Sight

World Sight Day, celebrated the first Thursday of October, this year focused the world’s attention on the importance of eye care in young people and the need to love childrens’...
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Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women in Eye Health
Ghana

Vision for All: Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women in Eye Health

Globally, of the 1.1 billion people with vision loss, 609 million (55%) are females compared to 497 million (45%) males. A majority of them live in low-and-middle-income countries. Inequitable access...
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Cure Blindness Project Expands Reach

Cure Blindness Project Celebrates World Sight Day with announcement to expand access to six new geographies globally
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Cure Blindness Project Volunteer Wins Humanitarian Award

Long-time Cure Blindness Project volunteer ophthalmologist Dr. Sam Cady receives the 2024 Alumni Humanitarian Award at Upstate Medical University (Norton College of Medicine) as part of their September alumni celebrations.
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What a Year: Cure Blindness Project Releases 2023 Annual Report

2023 marked another successful year for Cure Blindness Project as it continued to expand its impact across South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to help people retain and restore their sight.
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New Medical Newsletter for Cure Blindness Project

A new bi-annual newsletter focused on medical innovations and firsts led by Cure Blindness Project and partners allow us another channel to share the groundbreaking advances we’re helping to lead...
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Ethiopia Patient Care

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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Cure Blindness Project Fellow Sean Collon
Local Capacity

Field Notes: Cure Blindness Project Fellow Sean Collon

As the Cure Blindness Project global fellow, Dr. Sean Collon spent the year working in sub-Saharan Africa under the mentorship of Dr. Geoff Tabin. The year-long fellowship in partnership with...
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Hussein, Tanzanian miner who had sight restoring surgery
Tanzania Patient Care

In His Words: Hussein

Local photographer Daniel Msirikale shares the story of Tanzanian miner Hussein from a recent outreach hosted at the Chunya Regional Hospital and in partnership with Helen Keller International in Mbeye.
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