SIGHTLINES: A NEW VIDEO AND PODCAST SERIES
The spirit of innovation that has defined Orbis for four decades has never been more important. Join us as we navigate the COVID-19 crisis — creating solutions that allow us to safely deliver urgent eye care in 2020 while preparing for the “new normal” of the future.
SIGHTLINES EPISODE 9: THE ORBIS FAMILY
The reason we're so determined to continue forging ahead with our mission despite the pandemic is that we’re facing a daunting challenge: the projected tripling of global blindness by the year 2050. Every member of the Orbis family is needed to change this trajectory, from staff and volunteers to local partners, donors and the people we serve.
SIGHTLINES Episode 8: AI & Simulation: A New Frontier
In this episode, we explore how we’ve added artificial intelligence (AI) to our toolkit in the fight against global blindness, how simulation is playing a bigger role than ever, the implications of these technologies on the future of eye care, and how the next steps may or may not be influenced by current events.
SIGHTLINES Episode 7: The new normal in eye care
In the first half of this episode, our guests Dr. Umang Mathur, Executive Director at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Delhi, and Dr. Rishi Raj Borah, Orbis Country Director in India, discuss COVID’s impact on eye care and how they are adapting.
SIGHTLINES Episode 6: Women changing the world
In this episode, guest experts Julia Anderson and Dr. Suzannah Bell help us explore the gender disparity in eye health, and discuss how women will play a critical role in the fight against global blindness as we forge ahead in avery different health landscape.
SIGHTLINES Episode 4: Aviation for Good
Our guests this week are Maurice Geary and Bruce Johnson, Operations Director for the Flying Eye Hospital. Maurice and Bruce explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital and discuss the new learning models that have evolved in response to the pandemic.
SIGHTLINES Episode 3: A New Flight Plan
Guests Maurice Geary, Director of the Flying Eye Hospital, and Lucia Nadaf, Country Director of Orbis Zambia, explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital, the new learning model developed to serve the communities where projects have been postponed, and how this new model might be used to supplement training projects in the future.
SIGHTLINES Episode 2: The Orbis Spirit of Innovation
Dr. Andrea Molinari, Dr. Daniel Neely, and Dr. Eugene Helveston explore how Orbis’s pioneering use of telemedicine is proving invaluable during the COVID-19 crisis and how our innovative spirit is helping us adapt on the ground.
SIGHTLINES Episode 1
Dr. Danny Haddad, Orbis Chief of Program, and Dr. Alemayehu Sisay, Orbis Ethiopia Country Director, discuss techniques for treating infectious diseases like Trachoma during COVID-19 restrictions.
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