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In Madagascar, cataracts are the cause of a mounting public health crisis, as more than two hundred thousand people are blind or visually impaired, in a nation of 28 million. While many cases of cataract blindness can be resolved through cataract surgery, the...

In partnership with HelpMeSee, a New York based not-for-profit, Malagasy Ministry of Public Health, Malagasy Ministry of superior education, Malagasy Society of Ophthalmology and Polyclinique D’llafy  have agreed to train 100 general practitioners to perform...

Cataract continues to be the world’s leading cause of Blindness in 2021, with 100 million visually impaired people. Of those, 17 million are bilaterally blind, and 83 million have moderate to severe vision loss. With cataract surgery, those blind and severely visually...

HelpMeSee, the not-for-profit global campaign to end cataract blindness, announces the appointment of Saro Jahani as President and CEO of HelpMeSee. He is also joining the Board of Directors.Mr. Jahani is a veteran in software delivery and management. For the last...

On June 10, 2020, Dr. Van Lansingh, HelpMeSee Chief Medical Officer, participated in a United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum virtual panel entitled "Vision for Everyone as a Catalyst for the Decade of Action." The meeting was convened by the Friends of Vision...