Australian foundation finances eye care project

Australian Fred Hollows Foundation has provided nearly 440,000 USD for a blindness prevention project which will be carried out between now and 2012.
Australian Fred Hollows Foundation has provided nearly 440,000 USD for a blindness prevention project which will be carried out between now and 2012.

The 508,810 USD project is expected to reduce avoidable blindness rate and eyesight injuries among children in Hanoi ’s urban areas.

It will also help improve eye care capacity from the municipal to grassroots levels, set up an effective eye care model as well as prevent, treat and check eye-related diseases.

The Australian foundation previously granted 300,000 USD for construction of phase one of Thua Thien-Hue Eye Hospital./.

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