Combat Blindness International is dedicated to eliminating preventable blindness worldwide by providing sustainable, equitable solutions for sight through partnerships and innovation.
Acronym: CBI
| Website | http://www.combatblindness.org |
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| Primary Address |
PO Box 5332 Madison, WI 53705 US |
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Since 2007, we have partnered with the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics to provide service to Dane County residents whom are underinsured or uninsured Dane County residents needing eye care. Patients... Learn more
Last updated December 10, 2019
Sitapur Eye Hospital was one of our first partners. Over the last 30 or so years we have been financially supporting their free cataract surgeries.... Learn more
Last updated December 10, 2019
CBI has been financially supporting free cataract surgeries at Tarabai Desai Eye Hospital, Jodhpur for a number of years.... Learn more
Last updated December 10, 2019
We are supporting an ophthalmology resident exchange between University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of S o Paulo-Brazil (USP). Selected USP residents have been trained in ophthalmic service, education,... Learn more
Last updated December 10, 2019
Our goal in Odisha is to provide care to approximately 1,000,000 people through the creation of two Eye Centers in Balasore and Keonjhar. Each complex will bring high quality sight-restoring eye care to the doorsteps... Learn more
Last updated December 10, 2019
In Nigeria we partner with the Mezu International Foundation (MIF) to help provide eye exams and screenings for the people of Nigeria. We also supply them with intraocular cataract kits to provide high-quality... Learn more
Last updated December 10, 2019
Within eye care there is one problem that indiscriminately effects both developed and developing countries alike childhood vision problems. While in developing countries cases of childhood blindness are... Learn more
Last updated December 6, 2017
Since 2011, we have been working with the Melki Hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon with the goal of establishing a sustainable eye clinic. Due to unrest in the area, we are currently unable to work on our project, but we... Learn more
Last updated December 6, 2017
India is the country with the highest prevalence of blindness and is also the home of Combat Blindness International s very first project. When we started in 1984, we focused almost exclusively on bringing mobile... Learn more
Last updated April 7, 2017
India is home to approximately one-third of the world s 39 million blind people. The largest barrier to the majority of these 13 million blind individuals regaining their sight is the shortage of trained eye care... Learn more
Last updated April 3, 2017
