Talking with the head of Ghana’s National Eye Care Unit

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, Ghana, Our Work
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Recently, I spoke with Dr. Oscar Debrah, head of the Eye Care Unit at Ghana Health Service. Operation Eyesight is working to eliminate avoidable blindness in Ghana through the Seeing is Believing program, a partnership with Standard Chartered Bank. As we are working with Dr. Debrah to implement this program, I questioned him on the… Continue Reading Talking with the head of Ghana’s National Eye Care Unit

Saving sight on Asia’s largest river island

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Communities, India, Our Work
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Have you ever heard of Majuli Island? It’s no great surprise if you haven’t. It’s located in the Brahmaputra River in India’s remote northeastern state of Assam. Because of its isolation, the island had extremely limited health facilities, and no eye health care at all for its 150,000 people. In 2012, Operation Eyesight launched a… Continue Reading Saving sight on Asia’s largest river island

Health worker brings light to her community

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, India, Our Work
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The last of the sun’s rays cast over a small village near the India-Bangladesh border. Nurbhanu is finishing up her final house call of the day. As a community health worker with Operation Eyesight’s Community-Based Eye Health Project in West Bengal, India, she is used to working late into the evening. Tomorrow, a team from… Continue Reading Health worker brings light to her community

Golden rice helps make Vitamin A deficiency blindness a thing of the past

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Communities, Our Work
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The topic of genetically engineered crops is controversial at best and polarizing for many. Some would argue that the benefits of being able to alter a plant’s genetic structure to make it bigger, faster-growing and/or more nutritious, outweigh other factors. Others question the ethics, safety and regulations of such modifications. However, those of us in… Continue Reading Golden rice helps make Vitamin A deficiency blindness a thing of the past

‘The work you do just could not be more important’

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Our Work
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Operation Eyesight isn’t the only organization working to end avoidable blindness. There is a community of eye care organizations who share our goal of a world without avoidable blindness. These organizations are our friends, partners and allies in the prevention of blindness, and being recognized by them is a great reflection on the work that… Continue Reading ‘The work you do just could not be more important’