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Matching Campaign Raises $182,867 for Sight-Restoring Surgeries

​The Himalayan Cataract Project marked National Cataract Awareness Month with a successful matching campaign and cataract outreach work in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Tanzania.

Jun 30, 2021

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HCP Enhances Data Capacity

​In order to understand and maximize our impact, the HCP Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team carefully tracks all of our program data.

Jun 30, 2021

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news | Ghana

Partners Ramp Up Care Across Ghana

Cataract surgical outreach is off to a strong start in Ghana this year, as our partners increase the amount of life-changing eye care services to those who need it most.

May 28, 2021

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news | Ethiopia

The transformative effect of sight restoring surgery

Cataract surgery is life changing, both for the patient and for their caregivers, as underscored by the following three stories from patients at a recent surgical outreach event in Bahir...

May 28, 2021

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Training Advances Skills for NCOP team

​Ghana Health Service’s team members are delivering modular training workshops to optometrists, ophthalmic nurses and technicians who are part of HCP’s network of implementing partners.

Apr 30, 2021

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Degnesh’s story highlights the importance of eye care

During a surgical outreach at Wolaita Sodo University in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia, HCP’s medical teams encountered 25-year old Degnesh, whose story captures the joy...

Apr 30, 2021

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HCP Co-founders receive Humanitarian Award

HCP Co-founders Drs. Geoff Tabin and Sanduk Ruit were recently awarded the 2021 ASCRS Foundation Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award. The ASCRS Foundation supports physician education and provides humanitarian cataract surgery in the...

Apr 5, 2021

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Philanthropy & Artificial Intelligence: HCP’s role

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published the opinion piece, "​Philanthropy Needs to Prepare Itself for a World Powered by Artificial Intelligence", exploring the role that philanthropy can play in support of A.I.

Mar 31, 2021

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Women’s History Month: Highlighting Women Advancing Eye Care in Their Communities

To date, HCP has supported 1,007 training opportunities for women from 14 different countries including training for ophthalmologists, residents, nurses, and allied health professionals. In recognition of Women’s History Month, we...

Mar 31, 2021

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