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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. “My dream is that all patients... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
May 15th is International Day of Families, and this year little Chi and her family can celebrate knowing she can see today after being treated for the potentially blinding disease known as Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) as an infant. To... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. "Families hold societies together, and intergenerational... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. On May 12 International Nurses Day... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Nurses play an important part in... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. In 2012, Lazarus was diagnosed with... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. “I am so hopeful for a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Nikhil Paudel eagerly hops on his... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. It is National Volunteer Week from... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. A smile can light up even... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Have you ever pulled a 60-ton... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Community leaders gather around a young... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. "Many of these topics are not... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
This month is Women’s Eye Health Awareness month in the United States. Among the many differences between men and women’s health, women are more susceptible to vision impairment. In fact, women hold two-thirds of the global burden of blindness. In... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Volunteer faculty member, Dr. Ernesto Otero,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. An exterior view of the MD-10... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. "When the patch was removed, I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. “I cannot find a way to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Happy World Water Day! A child... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. “I hope my girls will now... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
What is glaucoma? What are the effects of glaucoma? Can it be prevented or treated? Learn more about this blinding disease and how little Hai from Vietnam is now able to grow up with his sight preserved and reach full... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. A local doctor screens a patient... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Happy International Women’s Day! Dr. Enkhmaa... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Think our current plane is cool?... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG
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“Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Eleven-year-old Song Zhen Sen had strabismus.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at BLOG.ORBIS.ORG