The Fred Hallows Foundation focuses on the comprehensive treatment of cataract blindness, but also tackles other causes of blindness, including trachoma and refractive error.

An estimated 32.4 million people around the world today are blind and another 191 million are visually impaired. Simple interventions, such as inexpensive medication and surgery, can restore people’s sight, productivity and livelihoods, giving lasting benefits for individuals, their families and whole communities.

Half of global blindness is caused by cataracts – a clouding of the lens of the eye that can be treated by a simple surgical procedure – and the World Bank has identified cataract surgery as one of the most cost-effective of all public health interventions.

The "Behold The World" Campaign is a sensitization of the global society on avoidable blindness as it affect people in both developed and non-developed societies. It is a call to support a worthy cause to reduse the rate of handicap in the world. \

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Read more about the Fred Hollows Foundation here: http://www.hollows.org.au/

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