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An Orbis Integrated Eye Health Worker from Ethiopia comforts a female patient with trachoma in Ethiopia

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Flying Eye Hospital pilot and FedEx volunteer Captain Gary Dyson

The View From The Cockpit: 10 Questions With Captain Gary Dyson

November 10, 2020

Orbis’s Chief Pilot, Gary Dyson, quite literally leads our fight against avoidable blindness – landing our plane safely in communities around the world. We took a moment with Gary to reflect on his lifetime dedicated to giving back and changing lives.

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Meet the man behind the Flying Eye Hospital

September 15, 2020

See how Bruce Johnson, a retired Air Force flight engineer turned FedEx flight instructor, oversees an ‘engineering masterpiece’ in the fight against preventable blindness — even during COVID-19.

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New President and CEO Derek Hodkey joins Orbis

September 07, 2020

We’re delighted to announce that Derek Hodkey has been appointed to lead Orbis and its fight against avoidable blindness as its new President and CEO.

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Orbis volunteer trains Zambian doctors remotely on the first virtual Flying Eye Hospital programme

July 22, 2020

The in-person part of our mission to empower local communities to fight blindness may be temporarily grounded, but our online training has been taking off. Volunteer Faculty member Dr. Lee Alward took to Cybersight to train doctors virtually in our first ever Virtual Flying Eye Hospital program.

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THE IECW PROTECTING HIS COMMUNITY THROUGH A PANDEMIC

June 18, 2020

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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The Eye Health Field Assistants Taking on Coronavirus in Ethiopia

June 04, 2020

As many of the routine eye health services in Ethiopia have been temporarily suspended, a group of local eye health Field Assistant and Drivers are now working to keep their communities safe from coronavirus.

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COVID-19

April 20, 2020

As we monitor the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Orbis has contingency plans in place to protect our people, partners and volunteers, as well as our mission.

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Orbis Anesthesiologist Dr. Choyce Provides Critical Care on Front-lines of Coronavirus

April 20, 2020

Dr. Andrew Choyce, a Staff Anesthesiologist, started volunteering with us 15 years ago. For the last 10 years has been working for us part time - splitting between the Flying Eye Hospital and two London hospitals. Like many of our staff and Volunteer Faculty anesthesiologists Andrew is now using his skills to help on the front-line of the pandemic.

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