Our Work

Where we work

• Papua New Guinea <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 8,776,000</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation eye care training facility</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>12</strong> active Foundation-supported eye doctors</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>94</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses and eye care clinicians</li><hr id="horizontalrule"><li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021 <ul> <li><strong>1</strong> trainee eye doctor graduated</li> <li><strong>8</strong> eye nurse graduates</li> <li><strong></strong>A gender analysis study was commissioned in Papua New Guinea and the first phase of the research was completed.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
• Solomon Islands <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 669,800</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>2 </strong>active&nbsp;Foundation-supported eye doctors</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>24</strong>&nbsp;active Foundation-supported eye nurses<hr id="horizontalrule"></li><li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li><strong>2</strong>&nbsp;eye nurses graduated</li> <li>The National Eye Conference conducted at the Regional Eye Centre was attended by 56 local eye care clinicians from across the country.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
• Vanuatu <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 299,900</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>active&nbsp;Foundation-supported eye doctor</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>12</strong>&nbsp;active Foundation-supported eye nurses<hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li><strong></strong>Health promotion resources such as flipcharts and pull-up banners were developed to raise community awareness on diabetes and diabetes eye disease</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
• Fiji <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 890,000</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>2</strong> Foundation partner clinics</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>16</strong> active Foundation-supported eye doctors</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>34</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses and eye care clinicians<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial;"></span></li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><hr>In 2021<ul> <li><strong>2</strong> eye doctors graduated</li><li><strong>1</strong> trainee eye doctor graduated</li><li>The Pacific's first-ever surgical platform that helps perform sight-saving surgeries such as vitreoretinal and phacoemulsification was installed at CWM Hospital</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
• Tonga <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 104,500</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>Foundation-trained eye doctor (active)</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>10</strong> Foundation-trained eye nurses (active) <hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2020 <ul> <li><strong>1</strong> eye nurse graduate</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> <font style="background-color: initial;"></font> </p>
• Samoa <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 197,000</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>active<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Foundation-supported eye doctor</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>12</strong>&nbsp;active Foundation-trained eye nurses&nbsp;<hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li>1 eye nurse graduated</li><li>70 primary health workers attended awareness workshops to improve their knowledge about diabetes and diabetes eye disease </li> </ul> </li> </ul>
• Kiribati <ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 117,600</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>active<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Foundation-supported eye doctor</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>12</strong>&nbsp;active Foundation-supported eye nurses and eye care clinicians&nbsp;<hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li><strong>1</strong> eye nurse graduated</li> <li><strong><strong></strong>8</strong> workshops were conducted where 93 primary health workers were upskilled in diabetes eye disease</li> </ul> </li> </ul>