EYE SURGERY
On 25 April our team of five volunteer eye specialists travelled to Santiago City, Philippines where they undertook 127 sight saving cataract operations in just seven days.
TRAINING
Foresight coordinated and funded the training of the Solomon Island’s only ophthalmologist Dr John Hue who now works at the Referral Hospital Honiara.
CAPACITY BUILDING
Foresight built and equipped four eye clinics in the Solomon Islands. These clinics play an important role in combating diabetic retinopathy, a growing problem worldwide.
EQUIPMENT
In 2013 Foresight and it’s supporters installed three new state-of-the-art neonatal incubators at the Solomon Island’s National Referral Hospital to help reduce a newborn’s risk of blindness.
EDUCATION
Foresight helped build the Chittagong Eye Infirmary and Training Complex. Foresight also developed the world’s first Diploma of Community Ophthalmology at University of Chittagong.
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Take a look at our interactive map and learn about Foresight’s projects in the Asia Pacific region. Click here.
After the first year working with Indigenous Australians in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District in Griffith (NSW), the team provided the very first training session on vision screening for the local Aboriginal nurses and support staff. The training also included an ophthalmic equipment kit to help them to provide their outreach services. Continuous training not …
Although there are still some limitations caused by the pandemic, Dr Mark Ellis AM and the team are planning to go to Sumba early in 2023. In the meantime, Dr Ellis has been busy organising some ongoing training session via ZOOM in conjunction with the University of Hasunuddin (UNHAS) Makassar ophthalmologists to upskill the local …