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Orbis International

September 02, 2023

Orbis International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to saving sight worldwide.[1] Its programs focus on the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye diseases in developing countries through hands-on training, public health education, advocacy and local partnerships.[2] Since 1982, Orbis capacity-building programs have enhanced the skills of 325,000 eye care personnel and provided medical and optical treatment to more than 23.3 million people in 92 countries.[3]

Orbis International
Formation1982; 41 years ago (1982)
FounderAlbert Lee Ueltschi,
Betsy Trippe DeVecci,
Thomas Knight,
David Paton
Typenon-profit non-governmental organization
Focuseliminating preventable blindness
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide (92 countries as of 2012)
Board Chair
John Howitt
President and CEO
Derek Hodkey
Websiteorbis.org

Orbis is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity in the United States.[4] It was rated 4 stars on Charity Navigator in 2016[4] and was a Guidestar Gold Participant.[5] It is headquartered in New York, with offices in Toronto, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Singapore, Cape Town and Addis Ababa.

Orbis' programs emphasise skills, training and self-sufficiency. The organisation spends approximately a year planning and coordinating with partner hospitals and local organisations, making preliminary visits to observe the local medical teams.[6] Its Flying Eye Hospital not only gives care to patients, but also provides training to local staff and delivers equipment and surgical supplies to ensure that local teams are able to continue to help people long after the plane has left the program site.[7] Cybersight, Orbis' telemedicine program, continues the training and mentoring relationships.[8] Orbis' intervention are tailored to local needs; Orbis trains local doctors in low-tech, low-cost yet effective methods to correct diseases of the eyes.[9]

In addition to the Flying Eye Hospital, Orbis operates hospital-based programs in several countries and works with local medical research and health-care organizations on blindness prevention and eye disease treatment.

Orbis is a founding partner, along with the World Health Organization, of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, "a worldwide concerted effort designed to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020."

History Edit

 
Orbis McDonnell Douglas DC-8-21 at Birmingham Airport, England

Orbis was founded in 1982 with a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and a number of private donors. The first Flying Eye Hospital was a Douglas DC-8-21 (N220RB) donated by United Airlines. In its first two years of operation, the Orbis DC-8 visited countries and held programs emphasizing the hands-on transfer of surgical skills.

By the late 1980s, as replacement parts for the aging DC-8 became more difficult and expensive to obtain, it became clear that a newer, larger aircraft was needed. Funded by private donations, Orbis purchased a DC-10 in 1992. The DC-10 contained twice the interior space of the original DC-8. After two years of conversion and renovation, it was placed in service in 1994, and the DC-8 was retired and donated to Chinese Aviation Museum near Beijing, China. That summer, the new Flying Eye Hospital took off on its inaugural mission to Beijing.

In 1998, Orbis embarked on a new path based on the strategy to strengthen the capacity of local partners in the developing world to prevent and treat blindness through full-time, ongoing in-country programs. These programs were designed to respond to the needs of individual ophthalmic communities and local eye care providers. Orbis selected the first initial five countries to work in year round based on need (magnitude of blindness), opportunity (local infrastructure and resources), and safety & stability to operate in-country.

Orbis launched its first permanent country program in Ethiopia. Country programs in Bangladesh, China, India and Vietnam soon followed. In 2010 Orbis established a country program office in South Africa. Permanent Orbis offices in these countries, run by local staff, develop and implement an array of multi-year projects to improve the quality and accessibility of eye care to residents, particularly in rural area and impoverished urban communities. In addition to permanent country offices, Orbis also engages in long-term program work in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well is in countries including Nepal, Zambia, and Burkina Faso.

On April 7, 2008, Orbis announced it would replace the DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital with a DC-10 Series 30 freighter. United Airlines, with the support of FedEx, is donating the airplane to Orbis.[10]

On August 8, 2011, FedEx announced that it would donate one of its DC-10-30s, retrofitted with the MD-10-30F upgrade, to Orbis to replace its DC-10-30F.[11] The new MD-10 will feature a modular hospital suite, the first time these units will have been used on an aircraft.[12]

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Edit

 
Orbis International McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 at Hong Kong
 
Orbis International McDonnell Douglas MD-10-30 at Malta International Airport, Malta

Orbis is well known for its "Flying Eye Hospital", an ophthalmic hospital and teaching facility located on board a DC-10 aircraft. The Flying Eye Hospital brings training to doctors and nurses in developing countries with little access to professional development and training. Classrooms, operating theatres and laser rooms are aboard the plane and the local medical personnel are able to watch live surgeries as well as simulations.[13] 3D filming and broadcast facilities allow the local ophthalmic professionals to observe the live surgeries through the eyes of the surgeon.[8] Surgeries can also be broadcast to additional classes outside of the aircraft, be it a local hospital or halfway across the world. Participants can ask questions via a two-way audio-visual system.[14] Volunteer pilots donate their time and skills to fly the hospital to the various program sites.

 
Examination and laser treatment suite inside the Flying Eye Hospital

In June 2016, Orbis revealed its third-generation Flying Eye Hospital. The hospital is a converted McDonnell Douglas MD-10 donated by FedEx and can fly twice as long as its predecessor. It is similar to a land-based hospital and is outfitted with safety features such as a back-up generator and early alert monitoring systems.[15] The hospital also has its own water treatment plant and air conditioning systems.[16] It also houses a 46-seat classroom, sterilization room and operating room and uses 3D technology and live broadcast systems which allow local participants to observe surgeries while they are taking place.[17] A virtual tour of the plane was created as part of the launch which enables users to virtually explore all areas of the plane including the operating room and cargo hold.

Orbis's previous DC-10-10, which was the oldest flying example of its type by then, has since been donated to the Pima Air & Space Museum. It arrived at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in November 2016[18] and is currently[when?] under restoration.

Country programs Edit

In addition to the Flying Eye Hospital, Orbis operates long-term country programs and collaborates with local governments and organisations and push for eye care to be integrated into national health programs.[9] It has also worked with local universities and healthcare institutions and manage a team of more than 400 medical volunteers from 29 countries to provide expert training to their local partners.[2]

In each country, Orbis works with its local partner institutions to increase their capacity to provide comprehensive, affordable and sustainable eye care services over the long term. The programs include developing specialized hospital facilities, eye banks, patient and health care worker training, and prevention and treatment programs.[19]

In 2015, more than 30,000 medical professionals were trained and more than 2 million patients were examined either on board Flying Eye Hospital or at its partner institutions.[15]

Cybersight Edit

Cybersight is a telemedicine portal founded by Orbis that allows eye health workers in low- and middle-income countries to consult with expert mentors in their field, free of charge. Mentors give their opinion on patient cases, share learning materials, and help local eye health workers develop their skills in blindness treatment and prevention. Since its launch, more than 10,000 electronic cases have taken place.[20] This allows for distance learning and discussion.

Cybersight also offers regular live lectures, a library of educational material, and allows users to take tests and receive certificates of achievement.[21]

On September 10, 2018, Orbis announced a new collaboration with AI company Visulytix to apply their automated imaging technology to Cybersight. Visulytix's Pegasus AI system will be used to analyse images of the back of the eye taken with any standard retina camera or smartphone. Eye doctors in low-resource countries will be amongst the first in the world to have free access to this service on the Cybersight platform, helping them detect and diagnose sight-threatening eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma, as well as quickly request a second opinion from Orbis’s network of medical experts.[22]

References Edit

  1. ^ Putty, Electric (2018-10-22). . Orbis. Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  2. ^ a b "Orbis International | International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness". Iapb.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  4. ^ a b "Rating for ORBIS International". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  5. ^ "Project Orbis International, Inc. - GuideStar Profile". Guidestar.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  6. ^ "High-tech 'Flying Eye Hospital' visits Silicon Valley". Mercurynews.com. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  7. ^ "Eye in the Sky: FedEx, Orbis Debut Third-Gen Flying Eye Hospital". Memphisdailynews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  8. ^ a b UK, Orbis. "Cindy Crawford Unveils Orbis's New Plane to Fight Blindness /PR Newswire UK/". Prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  9. ^ a b "With Its Flying Hospital, This Group Is Saving The World From Blindness". Fastcomapny.com. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  10. ^ "United Airlines and FedEx Donate Plane to Create a New Flying Eye Hospital". FedEx Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  11. ^ "FedEx Donates US$5 Million and MD-10 Aircraft to ORBIS International". FedEx Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  12. ^ "News Channel | Homepage". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  13. ^ "Doctors on the move: Getting healthcare to far-flung places". BBC News. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  14. ^ "ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital | The Center for Health Market Innovations". Healthmarketinnovations.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  15. ^ a b "Flying Eye Hospital focuses on teaching physicians in other countries". Sacbee.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  16. ^ "Orbis International's Flying Eye Hospital trains UC Davis specialists - Sacramento Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  17. ^ . APEX | Airline Passenger Experience. 2016-06-03. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  18. ^ Wilson, William. "Pima Space Museum to get DC-10 that served as flying eye hospital". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Orbis". Orbis. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  20. ^ "Cyber-Sight | The Center for Health Market Innovations". Healthmarketinnovations.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  21. ^ "ORBIS Program: Cyber-sight". V2020la.org. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  22. ^ "Orbis & Visulytix collaborate on new AI technology". Orbis.org. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  • Salewicz, Chris (9 February 2008). "Oliver Foot: President of Orbis International, the world's only flying eye hospital". The Independent.

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital.
  • Official website
  • The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital was the subject of a short Al Jazeera Documentary. Part 1, Part 2.

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Orbis International is an international non profit non governmental organization NGO dedicated to saving sight worldwide 1 Its programs focus on the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye diseases in developing countries through hands on training public health education advocacy and local partnerships 2 Since 1982 Orbis capacity building programs have enhanced the skills of 325 000 eye care personnel and provided medical and optical treatment to more than 23 3 million people in 92 countries 3 Orbis InternationalFormation1982 41 years ago 1982 FounderAlbert Lee Ueltschi Betsy Trippe DeVecci Thomas Knight David PatonTypenon profit non governmental organizationFocuseliminating preventable blindnessHeadquartersNew York City U S Area servedWorldwide 92 countries as of 2012 Board ChairJohn HowittPresident and CEODerek HodkeyWebsiteorbis wbr orgOrbis is a registered 501 c 3 tax deductible non profit charity in the United States 4 It was rated 4 stars on Charity Navigator in 2016 4 and was a Guidestar Gold Participant 5 It is headquartered in New York with offices in Toronto London Dublin Hong Kong Macau Shanghai Singapore Cape Town and Addis Ababa Orbis programs emphasise skills training and self sufficiency The organisation spends approximately a year planning and coordinating with partner hospitals and local organisations making preliminary visits to observe the local medical teams 6 Its Flying Eye Hospital not only gives care to patients but also provides training to local staff and delivers equipment and surgical supplies to ensure that local teams are able to continue to help people long after the plane has left the program site 7 Cybersight Orbis telemedicine program continues the training and mentoring relationships 8 Orbis intervention are tailored to local needs Orbis trains local doctors in low tech low cost yet effective methods to correct diseases of the eyes 9 In addition to the Flying Eye Hospital Orbis operates hospital based programs in several countries and works with local medical research and health care organizations on blindness prevention and eye disease treatment Orbis is a founding partner along with the World Health Organization of VISION 2020 The Right to Sight a worldwide concerted effort designed to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020 Contents 1 History 2 The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital 3 Country programs 4 Cybersight 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit Orbis McDonnell Douglas DC 8 21 at Birmingham Airport EnglandOrbis was founded in 1982 with a grant from the U S Agency for International Development USAID and a number of private donors The first Flying Eye Hospital was a Douglas DC 8 21 N220RB donated by United Airlines In its first two years of operation the Orbis DC 8 visited countries and held programs emphasizing the hands on transfer of surgical skills By the late 1980s as replacement parts for the aging DC 8 became more difficult and expensive to obtain it became clear that a newer larger aircraft was needed Funded by private donations Orbis purchased a DC 10 in 1992 The DC 10 contained twice the interior space of the original DC 8 After two years of conversion and renovation it was placed in service in 1994 and the DC 8 was retired and donated to Chinese Aviation Museum near Beijing China That summer the new Flying Eye Hospital took off on its inaugural mission to Beijing In 1998 Orbis embarked on a new path based on the strategy to strengthen the capacity of local partners in the developing world to prevent and treat blindness through full time ongoing in country programs These programs were designed to respond to the needs of individual ophthalmic communities and local eye care providers Orbis selected the first initial five countries to work in year round based on need magnitude of blindness opportunity local infrastructure and resources and safety amp stability to operate in country Orbis launched its first permanent country program in Ethiopia Country programs in Bangladesh China India and Vietnam soon followed In 2010 Orbis established a country program office in South Africa Permanent Orbis offices in these countries run by local staff develop and implement an array of multi year projects to improve the quality and accessibility of eye care to residents particularly in rural area and impoverished urban communities In addition to permanent country offices Orbis also engages in long term program work in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well is in countries including Nepal Zambia and Burkina Faso On April 7 2008 Orbis announced it would replace the DC 10 Flying Eye Hospital with a DC 10 Series 30 freighter United Airlines with the support of FedEx is donating the airplane to Orbis 10 On August 8 2011 FedEx announced that it would donate one of its DC 10 30s retrofitted with the MD 10 30F upgrade to Orbis to replace its DC 10 30F 11 The new MD 10 will feature a modular hospital suite the first time these units will have been used on an aircraft 12 The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Edit Orbis International McDonnell Douglas DC 10 10 at Hong Kong Orbis International McDonnell Douglas MD 10 30 at Malta International Airport MaltaOrbis is well known for its Flying Eye Hospital an ophthalmic hospital and teaching facility located on board a DC 10 aircraft The Flying Eye Hospital brings training to doctors and nurses in developing countries with little access to professional development and training Classrooms operating theatres and laser rooms are aboard the plane and the local medical personnel are able to watch live surgeries as well as simulations 13 3D filming and broadcast facilities allow the local ophthalmic professionals to observe the live surgeries through the eyes of the surgeon 8 Surgeries can also be broadcast to additional classes outside of the aircraft be it a local hospital or halfway across the world Participants can ask questions via a two way audio visual system 14 Volunteer pilots donate their time and skills to fly the hospital to the various program sites Examination and laser treatment suite inside the Flying Eye HospitalIn June 2016 Orbis revealed its third generation Flying Eye Hospital The hospital is a converted McDonnell Douglas MD 10 donated by FedEx and can fly twice as long as its predecessor It is similar to a land based hospital and is outfitted with safety features such as a back up generator and early alert monitoring systems 15 The hospital also has its own water treatment plant and air conditioning systems 16 It also houses a 46 seat classroom sterilization room and operating room and uses 3D technology and live broadcast systems which allow local participants to observe surgeries while they are taking place 17 A virtual tour of the plane was created as part of the launch which enables users to virtually explore all areas of the plane including the operating room and cargo hold Orbis s previous DC 10 10 which was the oldest flying example of its type by then has since been donated to the Pima Air amp Space Museum It arrived at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in November 2016 18 and is currently when under restoration Country programs EditIn addition to the Flying Eye Hospital Orbis operates long term country programs and collaborates with local governments and organisations and push for eye care to be integrated into national health programs 9 It has also worked with local universities and healthcare institutions and manage a team of more than 400 medical volunteers from 29 countries to provide expert training to their local partners 2 In each country Orbis works with its local partner institutions to increase their capacity to provide comprehensive affordable and sustainable eye care services over the long term The programs include developing specialized hospital facilities eye banks patient and health care worker training and prevention and treatment programs 19 In 2015 more than 30 000 medical professionals were trained and more than 2 million patients were examined either on board Flying Eye Hospital or at its partner institutions 15 Cybersight EditCybersight is a telemedicine portal founded by Orbis that allows eye health workers in low and middle income countries to consult with expert mentors in their field free of charge Mentors give their opinion on patient cases share learning materials and help local eye health workers develop their skills in blindness treatment and prevention Since its launch more than 10 000 electronic cases have taken place 20 This allows for distance learning and discussion Cybersight also offers regular live lectures a library of educational material and allows users to take tests and receive certificates of achievement 21 On September 10 2018 Orbis announced a new collaboration with AI company Visulytix to apply their automated imaging technology to Cybersight Visulytix s Pegasus AI system will be used to analyse images of the back of the eye taken with any standard retina camera or smartphone Eye doctors in low resource countries will be amongst the first in the world to have free access to this service on the Cybersight platform helping them detect and diagnose sight threatening eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy age related macular degeneration and glaucoma as well as quickly request a second opinion from Orbis s network of medical experts 22 References Edit Putty Electric 2018 10 22 CEO Orbis International John Bob Ranck Orbis Archived from the original on 2018 10 22 Retrieved 2018 10 22 a b Orbis International International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Iapb org Retrieved 2016 08 23 ORBIS Visual Impairment Data Archived from the original on 2013 08 06 Retrieved 2013 08 06 a b Rating for ORBIS International Charity Navigator Retrieved 2016 12 14 Project Orbis International Inc GuideStar Profile Guidestar org Retrieved 2016 08 23 High tech Flying Eye Hospital visits Silicon Valley Mercurynews com 11 August 2016 Retrieved 2016 08 23 Eye in the Sky FedEx Orbis Debut Third Gen Flying Eye Hospital Memphisdailynews com Retrieved 2016 08 23 a b UK Orbis Cindy Crawford Unveils Orbis s New Plane to Fight Blindness PR Newswire UK Prnewswire co uk Retrieved 2016 08 23 a b With Its Flying Hospital This Group Is Saving The World From Blindness Fastcomapny com 2016 07 15 Retrieved 2016 08 23 United Airlines and FedEx Donate Plane to Create a New Flying Eye Hospital FedEx Newsroom Retrieved 2021 03 11 FedEx Donates US 5 Million and MD 10 Aircraft to ORBIS International FedEx Newsroom Retrieved 2021 03 11 News Channel Homepage Flightglobal com Retrieved 2016 08 23 Doctors on the move Getting healthcare to far flung places BBC News 24 January 2016 Retrieved 2016 08 23 ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital The Center for Health Market Innovations Healthmarketinnovations org Retrieved 2016 08 23 a b Flying Eye Hospital focuses on teaching physicians in other countries Sacbee com Retrieved 2016 08 23 Orbis International s Flying Eye Hospital trains UC Davis specialists Sacramento Business Journal Bizjournals com Retrieved 2016 08 23 Orbis Sees Opportunity with Third Generation Flying Eye Hospital APEX Airline Passenger Experience 2016 06 03 Archived from the original on 2016 08 26 Retrieved 2016 08 23 Wilson William Pima Space Museum to get DC 10 that served as flying eye hospital Arizona Daily Star Retrieved 18 November 2017 Orbis Orbis Retrieved 2016 12 14 Cyber Sight The Center for Health Market Innovations Healthmarketinnovations org Retrieved 2016 08 23 ORBIS Program Cyber sight V2020la org Retrieved 2016 08 23 Orbis amp Visulytix collaborate on new AI technology Orbis org Retrieved 2018 10 31 Salewicz Chris 9 February 2008 Oliver Foot President of Orbis International the world s only flying eye hospital The Independent External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital Official website The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital was the subject of a short Al Jazeera Documentary Part 1 Part 2 Retrieved from 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