Orbis International Named Winner of 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant for Nonprofits

18 Dec 2023
Orbis will work with Amazon's cloud computing arm to expand access to artificial intelligence-assisted eye screenings in Asia and Africa.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eye care nonprofit Orbis International announces it has been selected as a winner of the 2023 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant, a public grant opportunity open to registered 501(c) nonprofit organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom who are using technology to solve the world's most pressing challenges. The grant will support Orbis's efforts to deploy its artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technology in low-resource areas to screen for two eye diseases that lead to irreversible blindness, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. This technology will redefine what is possible during vision screening processes for communities in low- and middle-income countries.
Orbis International Named Winner of 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant for Nonprofits
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Jean, 19, lives with type 1 diabetes in Rwanda. He was recently screened for diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to blindness, on Orbis’s revolutionary AI technology. Photo: Serrah Galos
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