A panel discussion with global eye health heroes

On May 13 2021, The Fred Hollows Foundation hosted a virtual panel discussion on our efforts to restore sight during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our expert international panel answered questions on how COVID-19 has impacted The Foundation’s programs and resources, how we’ve adjusted programs based on need, and where our supporters’ donations made a remarkable difference during 2020’s unprecedented events.

If you weren’t able to join the live event (or you would like to see it again), you can watch below and learn about how The Foundation was able to continue to support crucial frontline medical workers and provide life-changing services to some of the hardest hit communities around the world last year.

Get to know our panel of four remarkable eye health heroes

Kelvin Storey

Director of Program Implementation

Kelvin has worked for The Foundation since 2014 and is currently responsible for providing front-line leadership and strategic support to The Foundation’s global network of 25 country programs. His expertise is strengthening program implementation to improve efficiency and impact, as well as focusing on partnerships to tackle the current burden of avoidable blindness. Kelvin is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dr Huynh Phuc

Director of Program Implementation for Asia

Dr Phuc joined The Fred Hollows Foundation in 2003 and has made a huge contribution to eye health programming in Vietnam both as the former Country Manager and leading our programs across south east Asia. Dr Phuc is based in Da Nang, Vietnam, one of the countries Fred was so passionate about and where he began a training program that would revolutionise eye care.

Dr Wondu Alemayehu

Global Programs Consultant, Trachoma expert

Dr Wondu is a world-renowned ophthalmologist. He has played a leading role in establishing the program to eliminate blinding trachoma in Ethiopia, the country with the world’s biggest burden of the disease. The Foundation’s program in Ethiopia is one of the largest in the world and has significantly reduced the number of people at risk of blindness.

Dr Zareen Khair

Country Manager for Bangladesh and Nepal

Dr Zareen has more than 30 years’ experience and has worked for The Foundation since 2008 in Bangladesh, focusing on cataract, refractive error, and diabetic retinopathy. Eye health publication, The Ophthalmologist, recently named Dr Zareen on its 2021 Power List, which recognises and celebrates the most influential women in ophthalmology.

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