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Fred Hollows Foundation

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Climate emergency declared by global sight alliance on Earth Day

THE FRED Hollows Foundation today joined a global call to improve environmental sustainability in eye health. The Foundation is supporting the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness’ (IAPB) declaration of a climate emergency and released a Call to Action for Environmentally…

by Ryan Fritz
April 22, 2021January 12, 2022
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Women across the world miss out on eye care because of household responsibilities

Women in low and middle-income countries face deeply held cultural norms that prevent them from safely accessing vital eye care services. Currently, 55 per cent of the world’s blind are women. Women are eight per cent more likely to be blind than…

by Ryan Fritz
March 16, 2021
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Saving Leo’s sight: Fred Hollows Foundation

Seven-year-old Leonides was in a hopeless situation. Living in poverty-stricken Burundi, he faced a lifetime of blindness in a country with little access to health care or support for those with vision-impairment.…

by Ryan Fritz
May 2, 2016
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Health workers supported to tackle the growing issue of diabetic blindness: Fred Hollows

ONE third of people with diabetes develop eye damage and with the growing prevalence of the disease the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and The Fred Hollows Foundation have joined forces to launch a new guide for health professionals.…

by Ryan Fritz
December 3, 2015
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Honour your promise on aid, Prime Minister: Aid agencies

12.12.14 | AUSTRALIA’s international aid and development agencies invited the Government to renew its commitment to the world’s poorest people.…

by Ryan Fritz
December 12, 2014
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Fred Hollows Foundation pays tribute to former PM Gough Whitlam

21.10.14 | THE Fred Hollows Foundation today paid tribute to former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and in particular his efforts to improve the living conditions of Indigenous Australians.…

by Ryan Fritz
October 21, 2014
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