Resources

Unnecessary blindness further disadvantages the poorest people in the poorest countries

Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004

This link will open a PDF document on the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) website. The report gives a dynamic economic model of the impacts of age-related macular degeneration.

This link will take you to the CERA website, where both the Overview and Full Report are available. The report discusses the direct and indirect health costs and cost of suffering vision impairment in Australia.

This link will open a PDF document on the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) website. The report suggests strategic interventions to prevent vision loss in Australia and reduce related costs.

Australian Capital Territory Government Health Information

The prevalence of eye disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is up to ten times that of the general community.

The prevalence of eye disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is up to ten times that of the general community.

Presented by Kirsty Thompson of CBMI at the Vision 2020 Australia Member Forum in July 2006

Presented by Kirsty Thompson of CBMI at the Vision 2020 Australia Member Forum in July 2006

Is Facilitated by Luminance Modulation of the Global Flash Multifocal Electroretinogram

Northern Territory Department of Health and Families

South Australia Department of Health

Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing

Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services

National Eye Health Plan for Australia

NSW Health monitors the performance of the NSW public health system