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84,297
Number of corneas provided for transplant in 2017

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68,565
U.S. donors of ocular tissue in 2017

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95+%
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$6.0B
Lifetime economic benefit of cornea transplants performed in 2017

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Maddie
Cornea Donor - Giving New Life to 67 Others

“Knowing Maddie's giving spirit, I am sure she is smiling down on us every day because we allowed her to help someone else.”

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Colton Thompson
Cornea Recipient - Giving Back a Child’s Future

“Today, he isn’t scared to do any of the things he loves, like swimming and riding four-wheelers with his cousins or playing quarterback with his brothers during football.”

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EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW OCULAR NETWORK EXCHANGE

The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), a nonprofit member-based association dedicated to the restoration of sight worldwide, today launched its Ocular Network Exchange, also known as ONE, to help member eye banks provide higher quality ocular tissue to surgeons and to find the best possible use for donated corneas.

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Eye Donation Month Seeks to Dispel Myths, Increase Awareness, and Increase Donors

November 2018 is Eye Donation Month, and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) will be raising awareness about the life-changing opportunities that are created through cornea donation.

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Global Eye Care Community Unveils New Ethical Agreement for Use of Eye Tissue

On June 14, the global community of eye care and corneal transplantation organizations unveiled the world’s first agreement on the use of donated human tissue for ocular transplantation, research, and future technologies.

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