Orbis will work with AWS to integrate AI-assisted screening to protect premature babies’ sight
NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global eye care nonprofit Orbis announces it has been selected as a winner of the 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant: Children’s Health Innovation Award, a grant opportunity designed to accelerate innovation to improve children’s health outcomes with the use of advanced cloud services. By focusing on children’s health, AWS seeks to bring more focus and attention to a wide variety of causes and care organizations who are dedicated to helping children live longer, healthier lives, through the strategic use of cloud technology. The grant will advance Orbis’s efforts to support neonatal teams in Asia with faster, more accurate screenings for retinopathy of prematurity, a leading cause of blindness in children worldwide.
