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“There are hardly any medical centres here and medical centres for women are almost non-existent, so they are extremely happy to come here and find me. Often, they tell me that.”
– Nurun, Bangladesh

The number of Diabetic Eye Diseases and associated blindness and death is increasing every year because patients don’t know they have the disease. Even when they do, those impacted lack access to quality eye care to fight it.

“Speaking to many female ophthalmologists from around the world, I’ve realized that we have common problems. We share more than we realize.”
– Dr. Nonhlanhla Majola, First President of Women in Ophthalmology South Africa.

“At home, we think about how we can make surgery more sim­ple, afford­able and acces­si­ble to the poor peo­ple in our com­mu­ni­ty. When I go back, I’ll be teach­ing the res­i­dents and the next batch of fel­lows. And I can con­tin­ue to be part of Orbis and HCP and help build upon this fel­low­ship program.”