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– 25 YEARS

As I celebrate my 25th year volunteering as an eye surgeon in Southeast Asia. I am delighted to share photos and stories about the vision challenges and the people and cultures of India, Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. — Dr. Gary Barth

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Jun11/2025

Scenes from an “outdoor eye hospital” sleeping/waiting room

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The setting: The Geta Eye Hospital in southern Nepal is a charity specialty hospital beautifully situated in a forest near a large highway. The large complex has a 10-foot-high wall with a gate that closes at night. The walls keep out all the animals except the ever-present ...

May2/2025

‘Postcard’ from Myanmar

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Healdsburg eye doctor reports from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake ‘MINGALABA’ Healdsburg’s Dr. Gary Barth offers the traditional Myanmar greeting to the women of a clinic, just days before the 7.7-magnitude earthquake rolled through the region. | Photo Courtesy of BBH Eye Foundation By Dr. Gary Barth Excerpt ...

Apr2/2025

The Rise of Primary Eye Care Clinics & the Birth of BBH Eye Foundation

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Photo (left to right): Dr. Gary Barth, Jack Blanks, & Gary Hahn in Myanmar. Among the many innovative activities of Seva Foundation, the Board has emphasized bringing ophthalmic services to rural communities. These clinics are called Primary Eye Care Clinics since they provide refractions, ocular first ...

Feb13/2025

Remarkable Spinoff – Eye Care Centers Raise Rural Women’s Status

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Elevating the status of women in many parts of Southeast Asia would benefit women and their families. There are many areas where empowering women would uplift society. One way to elevate women's status and self-esteem is to train them to work in eye clinics and assist with ...

Dec13/2024

A California Corneal Transplant Tissue Donor Allowed Her to Return to School

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I founded and was the Medical Director of a Corneal Transplant Eye Bank in Santa Rosa.The Medical Director of Seva Foundation Chundak Tenzing asked me to help complete the training cycle for this yet-to-be-launched corneal transplant program in Western Nepal.In the two-thirds of the country west of Kathmandu, ...