According to the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation, about 1 in 18,000 to 20,000 people in the United States have a form of albinism. Read on to learn more.

People with albinism have vision problems because structures within the eye rely on melanin as they develop in the womb. "My best visual acuity is 20/200, making me legally blind," Thompson said.

This week, I witnessed a historic moment in human rights advocacy and empowerment: people with albinism from around the world unanimously voted to form a global alliance on albinism. From January ...

People with albinism have at times been revered around the world, but sometimes with some disastrous consequences. In 2012, NPR reported on East Africans with albinism in Tanzania being hunted for ...

In Tanzania, people with albinism are believed to be "haunted beings." — -- Baraka and Mwigulu are bunkmates, living in hiding in Tanzania, where they are hunted simply because of how they ...

According to the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH), albinism occurs in about one in 18,000 to 20,000 people in the U.S. In other parts of the world, it could be as ...

Some of the challenges faced by persons with albinism in Kenya are those that Meshack Sisenda Wekesa, alias Mesh HolyKid, ...

People with albinism commonly experience sensitivity to bright light, which can lead to blindness and skin cancer. Additionally, in some countries, people with albinism suffer discrimination, ...

Killings of people with albinism also occur in South Africa, although these are less common. In February, a 67-year-old traditional healer there was convicted of murdering a 20-year-old woman with ...

This resolution denounced attacks against people with albinism in Africa and urged affected Member States to take concrete steps to end this situation. This momentum paved the way for the creation of ...

Andrew Stroehlein: Hello and welcome to the Human Rights Weekend here in Amsterdam. This is an event that takes place every year where through film and discussion we look at a variety of human ...

People with albinism have at times been revered around the world, but sometimes with some disastrous consequences. In 2012, NPR reported on East Africans with albinism in Tanzania being hunted ...