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Ghana

Surgical Outreach Work Resumes in Ghana

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...
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HCP's Virtual 25th Anniversary Celebration

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...
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Eye Bank
Ethiopia

Eye Bank of Ethiopia Wins Award Highlighting Success of Public Private Partnership

​The Eye Bank of Ethiopia has been awarded the 2020 P3 Impact Award.
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ET Training

New Education Modules Help Advance Eye Care Training Options

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.
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Ethiopia Ghana

A Story of Hope from Recent Efforts

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...
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Ethiopia

HCP Announces New Speciality Eye Center in Ethiopia

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...
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Thanks to Your Kindness, Sight-Restoring Surgeries Have Resumed in Bhutan

Thanks to so many of you who gave to our matching campaign in June, Himalayan Cataract Project is able to support our partners in Bhutan as they resume eye care...
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Nepal

Our Work Continues - Update on Nepal from HCP Co-Founder Dr. Sanduk Ruit

We know how much you care about the needlessly blind people we serve.
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HCP trainee rides out COVID lockdown with fellowship

​Dr. Bezawit Tadegagne Abera, an ophthalmologist from St. Paul's Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, arrived in Kathmandu on Dec 1, 2019 for a 5-month hands-on training program at...
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