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Himalayan Cataract Project


Himalayan Cataract Project
P.O. Box 55
Waterbury, VT 05676
Work (802) 522-9976
Thursday, September 2, 2010



the himalayan cataract project strives to eradicate preventable and curable blindness in the himalaya through high-quality ophthalmic care, education, and establishment of a sustainable eye care infrastructure.
http://cureblindness.org

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Himalayan Cataract Project
P.O. Box 55
Waterbury, VT 05676


Himalayan Cataract Project News


08/17/2010 03:27 AM
184,000 Ghanaians are blind
WORRYING information from the country's health sector is that about 184,000 Ghanaians are suffering from preventable blindness, with a further 600,000 suffering from various forms of visual impairment.



YouTube Videos


08/27/2010 07:38 AM
The Himalayan Cataract Project
Like so many other aging Nepalese, 73-year-old Chandra Maya has gone completely blind due to cataracts. This film follows her journey to a remote village where American and Nepali surgeons are making a difference.
08/24/2010 05:30 PM
Himalayan Cataract Project
After traveling the world and creating images of his experiences, Michael S. Lewis, MD wanted to help those without sight view their own surroundings. Therefore, all the profits from his books, Seeing More Colors: A Guide to a Richer Life, and One World: A View of Seven Continents, will benefit the Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP). This organization, co-founded by Chicago area ophthalmic surgeon, Geoff Tabin, has restored sight to more than 400000 patients in Tibet, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan and Sikkim. It now has extended into Ghana in West Africa. Dr. Tabin not only performs the cataract surgery but also teaches local doctors how to perform the operation—and then leaves the equipment for the doctors to carry on the work against blindness. At present there are 20000000 people who cannot see their hands in front of their faces. Typically after cataract surgery they can see perfectly.
08/27/2010 04:52 AM
Himalayan Cataract Project in Ethiopia
The Himalayan Cataract Project www.cureblindness.org coordinated an eye care intervention in Koraro, Ethiopia, in late-April 2008 in partnership with the Millennium Villages Project. During the intervention in the research village of Koraro, Ethiopia, the team examined 3650 people, provided 129 cataract surgeries, pterygia surgeries and over 100 trichiasis surgeries for trachoma. In addition, the entire village received a mass treatment of Zithromax for trachoma, reading glasses were distributed and Vitamin A was provided. The exams revealed a high incidence of Trachoma and blindness from Trachoma, significant vitamin A deficiency and many people who were blind from cataracts. The team went on to Hawzien and Quiha Hospital in Mekelle for hundreds more screenings and cataract surgeries. HCP director Dr. Geoff Tabin and HCP board member Dr. Matt Oliva are among the doctors shown in this video.
08/24/2010 05:27 AM
Himalayan Cataract Project in Mekelle, Ethiopia, November 2009
The Himalayan Cataract Project's post-operative cataract patients celebrate the day after surgery in Mekelle, Ehiopia, at the Quiha Zonal Hospital. The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) at www.cureblindness.org works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness through high quality ophthalmic care, education and the establishment of a world-class eye care infrastructure. They work throughout the Himalayas and in regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.
08/27/2010 10:30 AM
Light of the Himalaya
A moving story of giving back where it counts from award-winning filmmaker Michael Brown. The North Face athlete team joins eye surgeons from Nepal and America in hopes of making a difference. This spectacular film follows the doctors' work on the Himalayan Cataract Project all the way to the summit of a 21000-foot Himalayan giant. A Serac Adventure Films Production. Directed by Michael Brown.



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