The Platform
The Platform
16 March 2023 / Organization
The Fred Hollows Foundation is a global leader in eye health and international development with a clear purpose: to make sure everyone has access to high quality, affordable eye health care. The Foundation continues the vital work of Professor Fred Hollows’ whose vision was a world where no one is needlessly blind or vision impaired. The Foundation works in more than 25 countries throughout East and South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and the Pacific, and has a 30-year history of working with national health ministries and partners in lower- and middle-income countries to improve health systems and eliminate avoidable blindness. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 3 million people over the past 30 years, and in the last 5 years alone, it has conducted more than half a million cataract surgeries. With its distinct focus on disadvantaged communities and on those who are most affected by avoidable blindness, the Foundation has improved the lives of many older people worldwide and is committing additional efforts to foster healthy ageing through eye care and other interventions.
The Fred Hollows Foundation aims to put an end to avoidable blindness and restore sight by empowering communities to improve their own eye health. To achieve this goal, the Foundation strengthens health systems and works with communities to improve their own eye health through life-changing surgeries and treatments, training doctors and health workers, generating new ideas, and pushing for change at all levels – from local to global.
Age-friendly Environments
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eye care, healthcare, integrated care, vision, blindness, healthy ageing