Our work in Myanmar
In Myanmar, more than 170,000 people aged 50 or over are blind and almost 25,000 school children are blind. It is also estimated that 32% of people aged over 50 are living with visual impairment.
Some 87% of avoidable blindness in Myanmar is caused by cataract, glaucoma, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy. For people aged 50 years and older, cataract remains the leading cause of blindness followed by glaucoma.
The Fred Hollows Foundation started working in Myanmar in 2012. Since then more than 117,000 people have accessed comprehensive eye care services in the country where women represent 55% of the total number of patients.
The Foundation is currently working in Shan State and Ayeyarwady, Magway and Tanintharyi regions.
The Foundation and its partners are focusing on tackling cataract and trachoma by strengthening leadership and governance mechanisms, establishing a comprehensive eye care system and delivering quality and accessible eyecare services and building the capacity of ophthalmology workforce.
By adopting a sustainable, gender and equity-centred approach, The Foundation is working to eliminate of avoidable blindness in the country.
The Myanmar program receives support from the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
全賴合作夥伴與我們同心協力，單在2025年﹐我們在南亞及中東地區成功在多個範疇取得了豐碩成果：
1,892,896
人獲得篩查
163,759
宗治療或改善視力療程，包括白內障手術、糖尿病視網膜病變治療、治療沙眼的手術，和其他眼疾手術和治療
70,369
副眼鏡獲分發
11,629
名外科醫生、社區護理人員、診所醫療人員、護士及教師獲培訓
188,817
名在校兒童與社區成員獲眼保健及個人衞生教育
195
間醫療機構、訓練中心及學校得以落成、重建或修葺
護瞳行動在南亞及中東地區工作的國家包括巴基斯坦、孟加拉、緬甸、尼泊爾、巴勒斯坦、約旦和阿富汗。