Combat Blindness International Inc

Cataracts - cbi supports free cataract operations for the poor in india, africa, and the united states of america. Cbi also provides equipment, medical consumables, and intraocular lenses (iols) for free eye operations for the poor in areas of india. During 2024, cbi helped fund over 20,000 surgeries and 700,000 screenings.for the cataract program, combat blindness international, inc. (cbi) collaborates with hospitals in india (bhubaneswar lv prasad eye hospital; shree jalaram eye hospital - meghraj,gujarat; shroff's charity eye hospital - daryaganj, new delhi; jayapriya medical foundation - hubli, karnataka; nav bharat jagriti kendra - hazaribag, jharkhand), and africa (lions sightfirst eye hospital - nairobi, kenya) to provide cataract operations for the poor. Cbi collaborates in the united states of america with the university of wisconsin hospitals and clinics and the university of wisconsin department of opthalmology and visual sciences to provide primary and secondary level of eye care for the underinsured and uninsured residents of dane county, wisconsin.

Pediatric eye care - cbi supports programs in india and paraguay to screen children and provide free pediatric eye surgeries and glasses. In addition, cbi funds a school screening program in madison, wisconsin for four- and five-year-old kindergarten students. During 2024, cbi helped fund over 260,000 pediatric screenings and 139 surgeries.for the pediatric program, cbi collaborates with hospitals in india (shree jalaram eye hospital - gujarat, india; usha kiran eye hospital - mysore, india) and paraguay (fundacion vision) to organize and fund programs to screen children for glasses and ophthalmic surgery for the poor. In addition, cbi collaborates with the madison metropolitan school district in madison, wisconsin, to organize and fund school screening for all 4k and 5k students.

Eye care infrastructure and equipment - cbi supports the building of eye care centers and the donation of equipment to increase access to high-quality, sight-restoring eye care.during 2024, cbi provided funding for an eye care center at shree jalaram eye hospital in gujarat, india, purchased equipment for a vision van program in madison, wisconsin, and donated surgical equipment to dr. Shroff's charity eye hospital.