Eye-care in China
6.6 million blind
There are 6.6 million blind people living in China and 18 per cent of the world's blind.
Diabetic retinopathy is one cause of avoidable blindness in China. Treatment can reduce the risk for visual loss by more than 90 per cent. With over 3,000 diabetics in China’s four major cities, creating awareness of the disease is vital.
Access to eye-care is a key issue for those living in rural China. Around 80% of health-care services are located in urban areas.
Our Projects
China Initiative for the Prevention of Blindness from Diabetes Mellitus
Together, we will help prevent blindness and restore sight to 3,000 diabetics in the densely-populated...Paediatric Eye Care Centre – Dalian, China
Orbis is supporting the He Eye Hospital group to provide high quality eye care services including...Intra Ocular Lenses for Cataract Surgeries (IOL) - China
In China, Seeing is Believing, with partner CBM, is developing four hospitals as centres for the...Urban and Rural Comprehensive Eye Care- China
With our partner, Fred Hollows Foundation, we will help people in the Chinese provinces of Gansu...Seeing Is Believing III - ORBIS - China
We are treating people with eye disease and providing much-needed cataract operations. But we are...Sichuan Total Vision: Increasing Sichuan Province’s Eye Care Capacity
Together with our partners, ORBIS International, we will increase the quality and availability of...