We work to strengthen local health systems so we can transfer the management of our clinics to local Ministries of Health. Timor-Leste is the first country where we successfully did this, and the National Eye Centre has been run by the local government since 2016.
Since the new clinic officially opened in 2011, the eye care team has provided over 80,000 consultations, dispensed approximately 30,000 spectacles and performed 5,500 surgeries.