Branch 01
Biological & Optical Research
Studying the science behind pediatric eye conditions: how they develop, how they present, and how they can be detected earlier.
Eye to Eye
Every child deserves to be seen.
We work to catch childhood vision loss before it becomes permanent. We do it through research, open-source AI screening tools, and advocacy for communities without access to pediatric eye care.
The problem
Most childhood vision loss is preventable or treatable, if it’s caught in time.
The window for treatment is narrow. Conditions like amblyopia and congenital cataract must be found in the first years of life, and the vast majority of affected children live in communities with little or no access to pediatric ophthalmology.
A child who is never screened is never diagnosed, and a child never diagnosed may lose sight that medicine already knows how to save.
- Children worldwide living with a sight condition that needs treatment
- 450 million
- Children and adolescents living with sight loss today
- 90 million
- Of children with vision impairment live in low- and middle-income countries
- 9 in 10
Estimates from the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
How we work
Branches
Branch 02
Computational Engineering & AI
Building open-source screening and detection tools, so early diagnosis doesn’t depend on having a specialist nearby.
Branch 03
Global Health Advocacy
Fundraising and awareness for pediatric eye care access, bringing screening to the communities that need it most.
Open by principle
Everything we build is free to use.
Every tool we release ships under the MIT or Apache 2.0 license, so any clinic, NGO, or researcher anywhere in the world can use it, study it, and build on it, at no cost and with no gatekeeping. Sight shouldn’t have a paywall.
MIT License
Apache 2.0
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