Today, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) alongside 26 development, humanitarian and affiliated agencies have sent an open letter to Australian Parliamentarians seeking...
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Today, Wednesday 18 September, over 100 leaders of the UK international development, humanitarian and peacebuilding sector have come together ahead of the autumn budget, to urge the government to...
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Every US$ 1 invested in treating refractive error in the MENA region delivers an economic return of US$ 21.4 , Says The Fred Hollows Foundation Amman, Jordan - August 14, 2023 – The Fred Hollows...
1.3 million children with low vision due to refractive errors (Dubai, 6 September 2021) Noor Dubai Foundation and The Fred Hollows Foundation have signed a strategic partnership agreement to reduce...
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Nearly 200 UK humanitarian, development and domestic charity leaders and leaders, including The National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Save the Children, Greenpeace UK, UNICEF UK and Friends of...
DUBAI – 8 October 2020, There are at least 130,000 Palestinian people aged 50 years and older who live with blindness or some form of visual impairment, according to a recent survey implemented by...
DUBAI, October 2, 2020: The coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted patients who have been diagnosed with vision impairment. Thousands of patients in Palestine have not been seen by an...
World leaders have committed to making eye health an integral part of the mainstream health agenda and set the agenda for eye health for the next decade. The 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted...
Dubai, 8 July 2020: The Fred Hollows Foundation has repurposed funds from its comprehensive eye care services to help in the fight against coronavirus in Pakistan. The Foundation’s Pakistan Country...
Dubai, 25 June: An ophthalmic nurse who works at The Fred Hollows-supported diabetic retinopathy zone to restore sight has tested positive for the virus. Mahamuda Mukul, 45, is a senior ophthalmic...
The Fred Hollows Foundation supplies five healthcare facilities with personal protective equipment Dhaka, 22 May 2020: With support from the Australian Government through the Australian NGO...
Pakistan: The Fred Hollows Foundation CEO, Brian Doolan, says tens of thousands of homeless earthquake victims will freeze to death if help does not get to remote mountain regions before snow begins...
The Fred Hollows Foundation today announced that it will close the general community component of its South Asia Earthquake Appeal on Monday 31st October, reporting total donations to date at over...
The Fred Hollows Foundation has agreed to distribute almost 1000 tents to homeless families in Pakistan living in the Hazara and Kashmir regions. The tents, valued art $110 each will fly out tomorrow...
The Fred Hollows Foundation team has delivered essential supplies to Tahkot, a village of 40,000 that had been cut off from the rest of the world since Saturday's earthquake. "When our advance party...
Staff of The Fred Hollows Foundation will deliver essential medicines to hospitals in Pakistan, targeting Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra and Batgram, which service many of the communities hardest hit...
