News and Stories

Orbis-trained health worker protecting his community through the pandemic

Temesgen is an Integrated Eye Care Worker (IECW) based at a health centre in Ethiopia. He was first trained by Orbis in 2012 and has been working as an IECW for eight years. IECWs are primary care nurses trained in eye care to identify and treat infections, TT and refractive error and to refer patients to district and regional units as appropriate.
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Dr. Lesya Shuba brings brighter futures to children with glaucoma

April 16, 2020

Having worked as a clinical ophthalmologist for 15 years, as well as being an associate professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Dr. Lesya Shuba was eager to share her knowledge with eye health workers in Ghana and help them better treat eye conditions like glaucoma.

Quiz: Guess the Year

March 27, 2020

Starting all the way back in 1982 with the maiden voyage of our now iconic Flying Eye Hospital, Orbis has been helping to change the way the world sees for nearly four decades. And in that time, we've snapped some amazing photos of our sight-saving work around the world. Take our quiz and see if you can guess what year each photo was taken!

Covid-19 response

March 18, 2020

We wanted to take a moment to outline Orbis’s response to the current public health situation. As we’re sure you can imagine, we've had to rethink some of our plans for 2020. Below is an outline of how things currently stand.

Dr. Daniel Neely using Cybersight to train local eye doctors during a Flying Eye Hospital program

Focus on Telemedicine

March 11, 2020

Cybersight is our award winning remote training and education platform. It was launched in 2003 to allow health teams around the world to access our training and education tools anywhere, anytime - and it looks like it's going to play a bigger part in our plans for 2020 than anyone imagined.

Orbis Flying Eye Hospital on the tarmac in Kingston, Jamaica

Just Plane Awesome: Ten Facts About The Amazing Flying Eye Hospital

March 10, 2020

The Flying Eye Hospital is a one-of-a-kind aircraft, specially designed to take our expert medical team and their teaching hospital anywhere in the world! Here are our favorite facts about this amazing aircraft...

International Women's Day 2020

March 06, 2020

Worldwide, there are 25 million more women with visual impairment than men. This Sunday is International Women’s Day, which is an opportunity to shine a light on the blindness gender gap.

Dr. Simon Holland - A Lifetime of Service

March 03, 2020

Having been part of more than 100 Orbis Flying Eye Hospital programs in his 35 years plus with Orbis, both as a staff member and a volunteer, Dr. Simon Holland has many stories to share.

Squint patient Hakeema with her mom in Ghana

Ghana: Hakeema Can Thrive At School Without Her Squint

February 27, 2020

We met this bundle of energy during our recent Flying Eye Hospital project in Ghana. Hakeema was treated for a squint by our team of volunteer doctors and local partners at the Korle Bu Eye Centre.