Orbis Announces Three-Year Partnership with HOYA Vision Care

The Vision Care company joins forces with the global nonprofit to fight avoidable blindness around the world

February 1, 2023 – NEW YORK – Today, eye care nonprofit Orbis International announced a renewed partnership with Vision Care company HOYA, which will commit its support over the next three years to improve health through vision for all. The support will focus on helping school children get access to eye care in low- to middle-income countries and on training eye care professionals around the world through Cybersight, Orbis’s awardwinning telemedicine and e-learning platform.

Over the next three years, HOYA’s generous contribution will enable Orbis to screen more than 500,000 children and provide more than 15,000 eyeglasses as part of the REACH (Refractive Error Among Children) program in India.

REACH aims to reduce visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error (a vision problem that makes it hard to see clearly) among school-going children and provide a sustainable and scalable solution to a shortage of care for this issue. Orbis develops teams of ophthalmic personnel and supports them with digital and clinical equipment to perform screenings and provide spectacles.

The teams also provide referrals for children who require further examination and treatment to an Orbis partner hospital or to the nearest Vision Center. “A simple pair of spectacles is often all it takes to open a world of opportunities to someone,” said Dr. Rishi Raj Borah, Country Director, Orbis India. “Our partnership with HOYA Vision Care has been instrumental in bringing eye health services within children's reach and enabling them to realize their potential. We are excited to continue this partnership to further expand our outreach and impact, and touch many more lives over the next few years."... Read more