October 8, 2020 was World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. The International... Read More
Global eye care lost a champion with the recent passing of Dr. Alan S. Crandall, a brilliant surgeon whose compassion knew no boundaries. On behalf of the Himalayan Cataract Project... Read More
The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) announced recently that the eye care organization achieved a major milestone. Together with its collective network of partners around the world, the HCP has reached... Read More
After pausing outreach events in mid-March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, HCP’s partners in Ghana have carefully resumed small-scale outreach and surgical care, shifting the focus from high-volume to... Read More
Drs. Geoff Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, Co-founders of the Himalayan Cataract Project invite you to a virtual celebration of our 25th Anniversary of providing transformative eye care.This will be a... Read More
The Eye Bank of Ethiopia has been awarded the 2020 P3 Impact Award. Read More
COVID-19 has forced both individuals and institutions to drastically change the way in which they do their work and engage with the world. But with change comes opportunity. Read More
A number of HCP’s partners have resumed moderate cataract surgical outreach after the threat of COVID-19 temporarily paused outreach activities earlier this year. Five partners in Ghana and three in... Read More
Ethiopia shoulders one of the highest burdens of blindness in the world, with an estimated backlog of 800,000 people with cataract blindness. Only 70,000 Ethiopians receive cataract surgery each year... Read More