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Philanthropy & Artificial Intelligence's role

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published the opinion piece, "Philanthropy Needs to Prepare Itself for a World Powered by Artificial Intelligence", exploring the role that philanthropy can play in support...
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Women's History Month: Highlighting Women Advancing Eye Care in Their Communities

To date, HCP has supported 1,007 training opportunities for women from 14 different countries including training for ophthalmologists, residents, nurses, and allied health professionals. In recognition of Women’s History Month...
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Ethiopia

HCP Breaks Ground on Speciality Eye Center in Ethiopia

Preparation for construction on the Specialty Eye Center in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia officially started in March 2021, marking an exciting step towards expanding eye care and ophthalmic training opportunities in...
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New Fellowships Provide Opportunities

​Training the next generation of eye care professionals is essential in the effort to address needless blindness. In Ethiopia, there is one ophthalmologist for every 1 million people and few...
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Ghana

Notable Progress in Ghana with highlight on National Cataract Outreach Program

Piloted in 2017, the National Cataract Outreach Program (NCOP) is a partnership between the Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) and Ghana’s Ministry of Health, whereby Ghana Health Services (GHS) organizes outreach...
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Ethiopia

Lives Changed in Ethiopia

Recently, HCP partnered with the Bisidimo Hospital to perform a weeklong cataract outreach, providing 472 sight restoring surgeries. Below are some of the stories from patients, whose lives have been...
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2020 - A year in review

In addition to celebrating our 25th year, a true highlight of 2020 was a milestone we reached together with scores of implementing partners around the world - surpassing 1 million...
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New Beginnings: Launching into 2021

Delivering care to the most vulnerable patients has always been a priority for HCP. Despite the challenges presented by Covid in 2020, HCP’s in-country partners have wasted no time delivering...
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Ethiopia

Surgical Outreach in Bisidimo Helps Patients Near and Far

HCP’s work continues to help those affected by needless blindness, even through the ongoing pandemic. These outreach efforts are planned in coordination with on-the-ground teams and adhere to Covid-19 protocols...
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