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| 02-09-10 | GLOBAL | Avoidable Blindness Initiative saving sight Cataract surgery is transforming rural lives throughout the Kampong Chhnang Province in Cambodia. These case studies reveal touching stories about how worlds are transformed by free cataract surgery made possible by Australian aid support. |
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| 02-09-10 | GLOBAL | Solomon Islands Optical Workshop success Profile: This month we are given an insight into the life of Enosh, one of only two spectacle technicians in the Solomon Islands who have made over 300 pairs of glasses since operations began in March 2010. |
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| 02-09-10 | GLOBAL | Towards disability inclusion in ABI projects CBM is working with partners both in-country and in Australia to ensure the strengthening of disability inclusiveness across all Global Consortium programs. |
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| 03-09-10 | GLOBAL | 63rd UNDPI/NGO Conference hailed a great success The 63rd United Nations Department of Public Information/NGO Conference, Making Health Global, was held in Melbourne from 30 August-1 September and was a success for the international eye health and vision care sector. |
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| 03-09-10 | GLOBAL | Capacity Building in Fiji The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children's program in Fiji is building capacity by engaging with key stakeholders in-country. |
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| 02-09-10 | GLOBAL | Researchers evaluate SE Asia’s sight crisis Researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and CBM Australia recently visited poverty-stricken areas of Vietnam and Cambodia to assess the rate of blindness and attitudes to eye health. |
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| 16-08-10 | NATIONAL | Retina reveals early signs of silent brain damage Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) researchers have discovered a non-invasive method of detecting ‘silent’ brain damage which could lead to new ways to prevent the condition. |
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| 07-07-10 | NATIONAL | Parliamentary candidates looking to the future This year's federal election will set a new precedent, with two blind Labor candidates preselected to run in the seats of Higgins and Kooyong in Victoria. |
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| 30-06-10 | GLOBAL | Australia-Cambodia Avoidable Blindness Initiative The Avoidable Blindness Initiative launch held in Cambodia on 25 May was an exciting display of the collaborative partnership efforts of the Global Consortium. |
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| 30-06-10 | GLOBAL | Professor Brien Holden OAM Profile: This month we profile Professor Brien Holden OAM, a major figure in international eye health and vision care for nearly 40 years. |
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| 30-06-10 | GLOBAL | Spectacle Technician Training course in Cambodia The International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) is running a Spectacle Technician Training course in Phnom Penh to help change access to eye care throughout the country. |
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| 30-06-10 | GLOBAL | The Fred Hollows Foundation awarded in Vietnam Through their commitment and continual work to eliminate avoidable blindness, The Fred Hollows Foundation has been recognised as contributing to poverty reduction and community development in Vietnam. |
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| 30-06-10 | GLOBAL | Towards 2020 Towards 2020 proposes that a funding commitment by the Australian Government of $475 million, from 2012-2020, can eliminate avoidable blindness and improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the Asia Pacific. |
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| 30-06-10 | GLOBAL | Western Pacific Region program A new position for the Western Pacific Regional Program Manager has been made possible through funding from AusAID under the Avoidable Blindness Initiative (ABI). |
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| 28-06-10 | NATIONAL | Clear Focus report now available Vision 2020 Australia, on behalf of its members, has commissioned a report from Access Economics to update Clear Insight (2004), a report outlining the economic impact and cost of vision loss in Australia. |
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| 02-06-10 | NATIONAL | Federal Health Budget 2010-2011 The 2010-11 Federal Health Budget provides funding for a number of measures of relevance to the eye health and vision care sector. |
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| 26-05-10 | GLOBAL | Dr Nitin Verma awarded the Order of Timor-Leste Profile: Meet Dr Nitin Verma, ophthalmologist and founder of the East Timor Eye Program who has just been awarded the Order of Timor-Leste. |
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| 26-05-10 | GLOBAL | Global Consortium projects: an introduction A summary of the 14 Global Consortium projects funded under the Avoidable Blindness Initiative. |
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| 26-05-10 | GLOBAL | Restoring sight in Vietnam The Australian Avoidable Blindness Initiative (ABI), through The Fred Hollows Foundation, is bringing sight to people in some of the poorest regions of Vietnam. |
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| 26-05-10 | GLOBAL | Siem Reap Regional Eye Hospital underway Construction has commenced on the Siem Reap Regional Eye Hospital, which will improve eye health services for around three million Cambodians. |
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| 26-05-10 | GLOBAL | Takeo Provincial Eye Hospital launched in Cambodia His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni opened the new building at Takeo Eye Hospital in April 2010 as part of the Global Consortium initiative. |
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| 26-05-10 | GLOBAL | Two new Eye Care Vision Centres launched in PNG The Eye Care Vision Centre was launched in Mount Hagen and Lae, Papua New Guinea, by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) in May 2010. |
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| 20-05-10 | GLOBAL | Global Consortium An introduction to the Global Consortium, a partnership of nine Australian eye health and vision care organisations working to eliminate avoidable blindness and vision loss in the Asia-Pacific region. |
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| 29-04-10 | NATIONAL | Guide Dogs Discovery Centre opens The Guide Dogs Discovery Centre was officially opened on International Guide Dog Day, April 28. |
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| 05-05-10 | NATIONAL | Council of Australian Government (COAG) outcomes After two days of deliberations in Canberra, COAG—with the exception of WA—agreed to establish a National Health and Hospitals Network. |
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