JOHN A. MORAN EYE CENTER

Global Outreach Division: International Initiatives

The Challenge

There are 36 million blind people worldwide—90 percent live in poverty in developing nations without access to eye care. Blindness in four out of every five could be prevented or cured at any modern eye clinic.

The Impact

Families suffer, economies suffer. Blindness results in lower life expectancies, and for every blind person, two and a half people leave work or school to become caregivers.

Our Solution

Sustainably expand access to eye care in some of the poorest regions around the globe by training more doctors and working with international partners to develop low-cost, high-volume surgical centers of excellence.

Programs

Eye Care Missions

Working in carefully selected developing nations, volunteer medical providers perform eye exams and distribute custom eyeglasses while physicians conduct sight-saving surgeries and train local doctors.

Observerships

International ophthalmologists and nurses receive up to six months of training at Moran and return home to teach others. Moran doctors then visit them in their countries to provide additional mentoring and training.

Online Education

No-cost curriculum through morancore.utah.edu educates trainees with peer-reviewed lectures and videos.

Annual International Outreach Snapshot

1,000 sight-restoring surgeries

5,000 eye exams

2,000 free pairs of eyeglasses

30 international physicians and nurses trained 120 volunteers perform 12,500 service hours

Moran’s Global Outreach Division is funded solely by individual, foundation, and corporate donations. Call 801-585-9700 or visit moraneyecenter.org to donate and learn how you can transform lives and communities, restoring hope and independence through sight.