eye health
The Fred Hollows Foundation bags a prestigious global award
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Geraldine Grones
The Fred Hollows Foundation has been jointly awarded the 2025 António Champalimaud Vision Award, one of the world’s most significant
The Fred Hollows Foundation welcomes Ross Piper as new CEO
- Geraldine Grones
Piper will serve as the fourth CEO in the global eye health organisation’s 32-year history. Ross Piper has over 30
Macular Disease Foundation Australia launches free support service
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Adrianne Saplagio
Macular Disease Foundation Australia, the national peak body representing the estimated 1.9 million Australians living with macular disease,1,2 has launched
Queensland locals working to close the eye health gap
- Adrianne Saplagio
The Fred Hollows Foundation welcomed Country Director Vincent Bin Dol and Program Manager Tanya Morris to take the helm of
Fred Hollows joins forces with UN Women to break cycle of gender gap in eye health
- Adrianne Saplagio
The Fred Hollows Foundation in partnership with UN Women to launch a landmark policy brief that calls for urgent action
The Fred Hollows Foundation welcomes Australia’s new international development policy
- Adrianne Saplagio
The Fred Hollows Foundation welcomes Australia’s new International Development Policy, which strives to achieve peace, stability and prosperity through key
Representatives gather to tackle trachoma at Pacific workshop
- Adrianne Saplagio
Representatives from seven Pacific nations meet to plan a final push to eliminate trachoma as a public health concern in
Health institutions applaud $620M boost for health systems in Pacific and Southeast Asia
- Adrianne Saplagio
An alliance of Australia’s leading health and development institutions has applauded the Australian Government’s $620 million boost for health systems
Vision 2020 urges new parliament to prioritise eye care reform
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Lourdes Antenor
Australia’s peak eye health body Vision 2020 Australia is calling on the incoming Labor government and the large crossbench to
Fred Hollows is working to end gender disparity in eye health
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International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women, but it is also a day to acknowledge the biases and
Half a million missed eye tests put Australians’ sight at risk
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Analysis of the latest Medicare data shows the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on eye health care. Between
Keeping a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health
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The Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) has launched its Indigenous eye health measures 2021 report which shows measurable
