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ORBIS UPDATE WHY EYE CARE IS IMPORTANT – FOR BANGLADESH AND OTHER COUNTRIES DHAKA (IDN) – John Bob Ranck, also known as Bob, is Chief Executive Officer and President at Orbis International. He represented Orbis joined the charity gala dinner of Aviation Asia Awards Winners 2017 and delivered an engaging keynote in which he shared his personal experience of working at the charity where he has witnessed its life-changing work in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the region. Bob recently visited Bangladesh on a special mission. He travelled to some of the hospitals where Orbis as a partner has been supporting Bangladesh’ s efforts in addressing avoidable blindness. Bob, a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General, came to Bangladesh a few weeks after the memorable visit of the teachin