The Fred Hollows Foundation
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UN 66th CSW Side Event: How can eye health contribute to achieving gender equity and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change?
04th March 2022
On 16 March, 08:00am US EST, the United Nations (UN) Friends of Vision will host a virtual expert panel discussion in the margins of the 66th Commission for the Status of Women (CSW). The event will focus on the intersection between vision, gender and climate change and call for the urgent need to dismantle structural barriers that contribute to women and girls being disproportionately vulnerable to vision and climate change.
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Caring for eye health within the NCD and UHC responses
04th August 2020
A new policy brief by the NCD Alliance and The Fred Hollows Foundation explores the impact of preventable eye health conditions to society and health systems.