George and his wife Margaret are blind from cataract. Photo: Hugh Rutherford

Research and reports

This is a selection of reports and research papers relating to the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation and its partners.

Closing the gap: Shadow Report released
The Foundation welcomes the Prime Minister's renewed commitment to improving Indigenous health, outlined in Parliament on 11 February, 2010. As a member of the Close the Gap campaign, The Foundation has helped put together a shadow report which outlines success stories and sets out some of the major challenges still to be addressed. Read the report

WHO Plan: Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment
The World Health Organisation has released a draft action plan that aims to expand efforts in preventing blindness and visual impairment by developing comprehensive eye-health programmes at national and subnational levels. According to the latest WHO estimates, about 314 million people worldwide live with visual impairment due to either eye diseases or uncorrected refractive errors. Of these, 45 million are blind, of whom 90% live in low-income countries. Find out more

World Sight Day 2008: Report
Featuring The Foundation's work in China, this report was put together for World Sight Day 2008 by VISION 2020 and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). Called Eyes on the Future: Fighting vision impairment in later life, the report highlights an international selection of VISION 2020 programmes addressing eye health in older people. Find out more

World Sight Day 2008: Case Studies
This booklet includes case studies of The Foundation’s work in Australia, Rwanda, Pakistan and Cambodia. Find out more

New Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization
Dr David Moran, a member of The Fred Hollows Foundation Australia's Board of Directors, presented New Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization at the RANZCO Scientific Congress in Melbourne recently. Find out more