#snapforsight World Sight Day October 8 2015
Jess Gallagher blogs about World Sight day, not taking your eyes for granted and #snapforsight.
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Australia loses sight of international aid commitments
Vision 2020 Australia CEO Jennifer Gersbeck writes about the disappointing state of Australian Aid. This blog post was originally published on the IAPB website.
Q&A with John Jeffries OAM
Vision 2020 Australia talks to John Jeffries, former National Director of CBM Australia and Founding Board member of Vision 2020 Australia, as he reflects on his career in the eye health, vision care and disability sectors, and the lives he has impacted along the way.
Bringing rural eye health into focus
Brandon Ah Tong, Director of Advocacy and Policy blogs about the 13th National Rural Health Conference in Darwin and his three key learnings.
Improvement still needed in accessibility
On Global Accessibility Day, Adaptive Technology Consultant, David Woodbridge, reflects on where accessibility is at in Australia and where it still needs to go.
NDIS safeguards and access to information vital for blind or vision impaired people
Last week, Vision 2020 Australia provided input to the Department of Social Services consultation on the Quality and Safeguarding Framework for the NDIS. Sarah Davis explorse the key points made in the submission.
Eye health intervention is a savvy investment
In the lead up to the Federal Government Budget next month, Vision 2020 Australia is asking the Australian Government to promote economic growth in the region by investing in eye health and vision care. Jodie Bell talks in more detail about what's inside the Vision 2020 Australia budget proposal.
Shaping policy that better reflects how we live
In the fifth and final installment in the Leadership Inspiring Change blog series, Vision 2020 Australia's own Director of Policy and Advocacy, Brandon Ah Tong, talks about how living with disabiltiy has helped him understand the importance policy that better reflects how we live and addresses the needs of individuals.
Addressing inequality to improve eye health
Leadership Inspiring Change blog series: Dr Hessom Razavi talks about motivated him to to become an ophthalmoligist and how he uses his skills to address inequallity and improve eye health in remote Indigenous communities.
Dedicated to closing the gap for vision
Leadership Inspiring Change blog series: Shannon Peckham, Australia's first Indigenous woman to graduate in Optometry, writes about volunteering in remote Indigenous communities and what it means to her to be a leader who is inspiring change.
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