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• Foundation supports food relief for Ethiopia

  The Fred Hollows Foundation is contributing to a food relief program for people in two regions of Ethiopia as the country’s hunger crisis worsens.

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• Ethiopia

  Of Ethiopia's more than 85 million inhabitants, approximately 1.28 million are blind. Cataract, a condition that can be treated through relatively routine surgery, accounts for almost 50 per cent of this blindness.

• Launch of Ethiopia Program

  The Foundation has begun work to restore the sight of people living with avoidable blindness in the northern regions of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a country with more than 80 million inhabitants. Approximately 1.26 million Ethiopians are blind but there are only 103 ophthalmologists in the country, centred mostly near the country’s capital, Addis Ababa. Cataract accounts for almost 50 per cent of blindness.