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International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is an International NGO that specializes in prevention of blindness and restoration of sight. It was founded in 1996 by Michele Claudel and John Stewart. It was initially founded to help people in Cambodia without access to eye care, it has since expanded to Nepal, Lao PDR and Sri Lanka. IRIS equips new eye clinics, strengthens existing ones, conducts eye screening, provides cataract surgery for poor people, primary eye care training for staff.

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  • International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (en)
  • Ressources internationales pour l'amélioration de la vue (fr)
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  • Ressources internationales pour l’amélioration de la vue (International Resources for the Improvement of Sight) est une petite organisation non gouvernementale indépendante créée en 1996 par Michèle Claudel et John Stewart. Elle est essentiellement active dans les domaines de la prévention de la cécité et de la restauration de la vue. Du fait que ses activités se concentrent avant tout sur le continent asiatique (voir ci-dessous), l’organisation est aujourd’hui davantage connue sous l’acronyme IRIS ASIA. (fr)
  • International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is an International NGO that specializes in prevention of blindness and restoration of sight. It was founded in 1996 by Michele Claudel and John Stewart. It was initially founded to help people in Cambodia without access to eye care, it has since expanded to Nepal, Lao PDR and Sri Lanka. IRIS equips new eye clinics, strengthens existing ones, conducts eye screening, provides cataract surgery for poor people, primary eye care training for staff. (en)
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  • International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (en)
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  • International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (en)
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  • Prevention of blindness and restoration of sight (en)
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  • Michele Claudel, John Stewart (en)
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  • Roger Biggs , John Sandford-Smith, Andy Richards (en)
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  • Switzerland (en)
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  • France, US, UK (en)
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  • International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is an International NGO that specializes in prevention of blindness and restoration of sight. It was founded in 1996 by Michele Claudel and John Stewart. It was initially founded to help people in Cambodia without access to eye care, it has since expanded to Nepal, Lao PDR and Sri Lanka. IRIS equips new eye clinics, strengthens existing ones, conducts eye screening, provides cataract surgery for poor people, primary eye care training for staff. IRIS has partnered with other NGOs to provide funding for services, such as with The Vision Charity in Sri Lanka. IRIS has also partnered with the Cambodian government program National Program for Eye Health in establishing eye clinics. Another partner is the International Centre for Eyecare Education. As of December 2008, the combined total of IRIS clinic and eye camp programs since its inception in Cambodia had resulted in 125,319 people receiving eye examinations and 23,485 surgeries being performed free of charge, 15,291 of which were to remove cataracts. In 2011, Roger Freeland Biggs was the CEO of IRIS and he was awarded an OBE "for services to Health in Asia". (en)
  • Ressources internationales pour l’amélioration de la vue (International Resources for the Improvement of Sight) est une petite organisation non gouvernementale indépendante créée en 1996 par Michèle Claudel et John Stewart. Elle est essentiellement active dans les domaines de la prévention de la cécité et de la restauration de la vue. Du fait que ses activités se concentrent avant tout sur le continent asiatique (voir ci-dessous), l’organisation est aujourd’hui davantage connue sous l’acronyme IRIS ASIA. (fr)
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