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How We Deliver Impact

What We Do

Everything we do must be connected to positive outcomes for people living in the countries where we work. Our program designs and implementation reflect that.

The Foundation has developed key approaches to achieve impact in eye health, informed by The World Health Organization’s systems framework, and delivered through a health system strengthening approach to improve equity, quality, efficiency, and sustainability.
 

THIS has been your impact over the last year

In 2019, The Foundation focused on building a powerful eye health network with other partners and organisations to achieve more - this is having a massive impact!

The Fred Hollows Foundation hasn’t stopped for 28 years, and we won’t stop until no-one faces a future of avoidable blindness.

This year will be our toughest year yet, and now more than ever we will rely on our loyal donors to continue our life-changing work. Thank you for staying with us! Like what you see? Give us a like, share this video, and subscribe! Subscribe to our channel here.


TREAT, TRAIN, EQUIP

We can create sustainable change and expand the reach of eye care services through investing in local people, training local doctors, nurses, clinical and community staff, and equipping facilities. This will expand the reach of eye care services and create sustainable change, ensuring the poorest and most marginalized groups can access free or low-cost care.

 

Our Impact

With the help of our partners, we are tackling avoidable blindness by training thousands of local eye health workers.

As highlighted in our most recent annual report, we have trained 68, 293 eye health workers globally in 2019 alone, including:

  • 134 surgeons

  • 344 clinic support staff

  • 46,182 community health workers

  • 19,450 teachers


 

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HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING

We work to effectively integrate eye health care throughout the health system in order to deliver high-quality, efficient, sustainable, and accessible eye health education and care.

 

We develop local leaders to manage health systems and embed quality improvement that encourages innovation and rewards performance. We work with governments to ensure adequate financing for essential eye health services, and strengthen data and regulation standards.

 

Our impact

Working with our partners, we are equipping facilities and providing innovative solutions to eye health challenges.

 

As highlighted in our most recent annual report in 2019 alone, this is our global impact:

  • 24 medical facilities (either newly built or renovated)

  • 4677 medical facilities, training centres and schools equipped. 

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ENGAGE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES

People are at the centre of all that we do. We seek to respond to the needs of local people and empower communities to access eye health services and demand better care. 

 

By raising awareness about eye health, we confront some of the barriers to treatment. We focus particularly on ensuring marginalized groups, including women and Indigenous communities  have a voice and enjoy equitable access to eye health.

 

 Our impact

 

Working with our partners, we are ensuring people can access high-quality eye care that’s affordable:

 

As highlighted in our most recent annual report, we have provided 646, 835 eye operations and treatments globally in 2019 alone, including:
 

  • 133,148 cataract operations

  • 21,842 surgeries to treat trachoma

  • 10,832 diabetic retinopathy treatments

  • 481,013 other sight saving or improving interventions

 

As well as:

  • 4,250,931 people screened

  • 20,447,071 people treated with antibiotics for trachoma

  • 124,409 pairs of glasses distributed
     

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4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND DON'T NEED TO BE

Right now, 4 out of 5 people who are blind don’t need to be.

In many cases, these people are blind because of poor health, a lack of access to medical services, and because they live in poverty.

Treatable or preventable eye diseases such as cataract, trachoma, refractive error and diabetic retinopathy can lead to blindness, if left unexamined.

But we know avoidable blindness can be eliminated throughout the world.
 

Read the stories of some of the people we've helped