Information Sheets
To find out more about The Fred Hollows Foundation and key issues related to our work click on one of the links:
Blindness Statistics
> Click here to find out about the latest statistics, causes and definitiion relating to global blindness.
Blindness and Poverty
> Click here to find out how blindness is both a cause and consequence of poverty.
Cataract Blindness
> Click here to find out why cataract blindness can be easily treated with surgery yet is the leading cause of blindness in the world.
Children and Blindness
> Click here to find out why a blind child in a developing country faces a lifetime of hardship.
Disability and Development
> Click here to find out why disability is more than just an individual medical condition.
Global Blindness
> Click here to find out how, why and where blindness affects people around the world, and how it can be prevented or treated.
Indigenous Health
> Click here to find out how The Fred Hollows Foundation helps to close the 17 year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous Literacy
> Click here to find out why a lack of literacy skills among Indigenous communities often stops them from participating in activities that many of us take for granted.
The IOL Story
> Click here to find out why the intraocular lens (IOL), used in cataract surgery, is much cheaper than before thanks to Professor Fred Hollows.