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Ophthalmologist and Orbis Volunteer Faculty Dr. Malik Kahook pictured at the window of the Operating Room on the Flying Eye Hospital

Volunteer Faculty Dr. Malik Kahook shares his experiences on board the Flying Eye Hospital

October 02, 2024

Seasoned Orbis Volunteer Faculty member and glaucoma specialist Dr. Malik Y. Kahook shared his expertise, skills, and knowledge with local eye teams on our recent Flying Eye Hospital training project in Mongolia. Below, he shares his thoughts about the experience.

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A girl with an eye patch smiles while holding a teddy bear after surgery.

World Sight Day 2024: Love Your Eyes

September 28, 2024

World Sight Day 2024 is on October 10 and Orbis is asking our partners and supporters to join us in focusing on children’s eye health worldwide and giving every child the chance to love their eyes.

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A young girl in scrubs smiles at a doctor before surgery.

Flying Eye Hospital project in Mongolia successfully concludes

September 23, 2024

Our Flying Eye Hospital project in Mongolia has wrapped up, preparing the next generation of eye care teams for a future of saving sight. With the help of Title Sponsors the Alcon Foundation, FedEx, and OMEGA, more than 250 eye care professionals received best-in-class training, and more than 50 adults and children received sight-saving surgery.

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Flying Eye Hospital latest: Week three in Mongolia wraps up

September 10, 2024

Week three of our ophthalmic training project in Mongolia finished off with surgical training for adult eye care and specialist biomedical training from Title Sponsor, the Alcon Foundation.

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Doctors in scrubs perform surgery on the Flying Eye Hospital.

Flying Eye Hospital latest: Week two wraps up in Mongolia

September 06, 2024

During week two of our Flying Eye Hospital project eye teams honed their pediatric surgical skills. Made possible by Title Sponsor, OMEGA, this was the first week of our project where patients were seen for sight-saving surgery.

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A young girl with strabismus has an eye screening in an Ethiopian hospital

Brighter lives for children in Ethiopia as training project wraps

September 03, 2024

An ophthalmic training project dedicated to helping treat strabismus, a major cause of childhood blindness and vision loss in children, has successfully wrapped up at our partner hospital in Hawassa, Ethiopia.

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Orbis Canada Celebrates Rising Star Award Recipient

August 28, 2024

This year, Orbis Canada awarded the first Orbis Future Vision Leaders Rising Star Award to Dr. Maheshver Shunmugam. The award celebrates an Orbis Future Vision Leaders (OFVL) member who has contributed to building the OFVL community, supported critical fundraising initiatives, and helped raise awareness of Orbis programs.

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People board the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital at an airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Flying Eye Hospital update: Week one complete!

August 16, 2024

Week one of our Flying Eye Hospital project in Mongolia has successfully completed. The first week, sponsored by FedEx, focused on simulation training to hone the surgical skills of eye teams and was called a “great week” by Flying Eye Hospital Director, Maurice Geary.

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