问题：可避免的失明和视力障碍
At least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1.1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed, according to the World Health Organization. [1]
Blindness disproportionately impacts the world’s poor: about 90 per cent of those affected live in low-income and middle-income countries. [2] A combination of malnutrition, poor water quality, lack of sanitation, and inadequate health care and education contributes to blindness, perpetuating the cycle of poverty and threatening lives. However, we can fix the problem. More than 90 per cent of vision loss is preventable or treatable and we can address it using existing highly cost-effective interventions. Blindness and vision loss affect people at all stages of life, with young children and older people being particularly affected.
妇女、农村地区的人们和少数民族更容易失明或患有眼部健康，存在严重的不平等现象视力障碍。
解决方案：低成本白内障手术和视力保健
在许多情况下，了解眼睛健康状况和获得眼部护理可以预防或发现视力问题，而廉价的药物或手术可以恢复一个人的视力和生活。白内障是全球失明和视力障碍的主要原因。白内障手术在低收入和中等收入国家是负担得起的，手术只需 10 分钟——这是一种极具成本效益的戏剧方式切实改善人们的生活。
Fred Hollows 基金会如何运作
官方指定23年BOB登陆新入口(2023趋势新闻) works in more than 25 countries throughout Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, South East Asia, 澳大利亚 and the Pacific. Their priority is to strengthen health systems and work with communities to improve their own eye health. They do this through life-changing surgeries and treatments, training doctors and health workers, generating new ideas, and pushing for change at all levels – from local to global.
2019/20 年，弗雷德霍洛斯基金会进行了 824 次， 049 眼科手术和治疗，并用抗生素治疗了近 2630 万人的沙眼。
该基金会与当地组织合作，培训卫生工作者并建设和升级设施，通常是在偏远地区。 1994 年，他们帮助在尼泊尔和厄立特里亚建立工厂，生产用于白内障手术的低成本人工晶状体 (IOL)。这些 IOL 的生产成本为 5 美元，而不是 150 美元的市场成本。迄今为止，已经生产了超过 750 万个 IOL。
它们涉及眼保健、支持培训、设施、机械、专业知识、研究和宣传的各个方面。他们特别强调培训当地人并赋予他们权力，这是可持续变革的关键。
