Dr. Patricia Era Bath
(November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019)
Humanitarian work
Dr. Bath's main humanitarian efforts can be seen through her work at The American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness. Co-founded in 1976 with Alfred Cannon, an American psychiatrist and community organizer, and Aaron Ifekwunigwe, a Nigerian-born pediatrician and human rights advocate, this organization had been created on the principle that "eyesight was a basic human right."
Through this organization, Dr. Bath was able to spread eye care throughout the globe by providing newborns with free eye drops, vitamins for malnourishment, and vaccinations against diseases that can cause blindness, like measles.
Dr. Bath was able to spend her time as director traveling the world performing surgeries, teaching and lecturing at colleges.[28][29] Dr. Bath claims her "personal best moment" was while she was in North Africa and using keratoprosthesis, was able to restore the sight of a woman who been blind for over 30 years.[30]
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