Following a successful training project in Can Tho, Vietnam, earlier this year, the Flying Eye Hospital makes its next stop in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. On board the aircraft – a state-of-the-art medical teaching facility with an operating room, classroom, and recovery room eye health professionals from around Zambia will develop and reinforce their eye care skills through a supportive, carefully crafted training curriculum.
This Flying Eye Hospital program will aim to strengthen eye health in Zambia and focus on improving adult and paediatric care throughout the country. It is estimated that over 7% of the population is living with some form of vision loss.
Taking place over the course of three weeks, the project will include training sessions and workshops led by Orbis’s expert staff and Volunteer Faculty. Along with training held on board the Flying Eye Hospital, additional training activities will take place at Orbis’s partner hospital, University Teaching Hospitals-Eye Hospital, in Lusaka.