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National peak body for eye health and vision care

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Jess Gallagher talks about World Sight Day

Jess Gallagher talks about World Sight Day

Dr Jessica Gallagher

Jess Gallagher talks about World Sight Day, making vision count and how the ability for people who are blind or vision impaired to participate in society has changed for the better thanks to technology.

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October 12, 2017September 15, 2019
12 Oct
Tags: #WorldSightDayAU, blind, eye health, eye tests, Jess Gallagher, Vision 2020 Australia, vision care, vision loss, World Sight Day
Diabetic retinopathy: My brush with blindness

Diabetic retinopathy: My brush with blindness

Jamie Duncan

Jamie Duncan, Vision Australia writer/editor, had never been to an optometrist despite living with diabetes. In this blog he writes about losing his sight in his 30s.

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July 10, 2017September 15, 2019
10 Jul
Tags: eye health, vision
Australian carers need to put their eye health first

Australian carers need to put their eye health first

Julie Heraghty

With a large percentage of Australian’s aged 50 to 64 focused on providing care to their family, they are losing sight of their own eye health, explains Julie Heraghty, CEO of the Macular Disease Foundation Australia.

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May 25, 2017September 15, 2019
25 May
Tags: eye health, vision loss
Budget a missed opportunity to close the gap on health

Budget a missed opportunity to close the gap on health

Sarah Davies

Vision 2020 Australia Policy and Advocacy Officer Sarah Davies questions why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health was largely ignored in the 2017-18 Federal Budget. 

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May 15, 2017September 15, 2019
15 May
Tags: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, eye health, vision
Optometrists, patients and communities short-changed in Federal Budget

Optometrists, patients and communities short-changed in Federal Budget

Kirsty Machon

The freeze on Medicare rebates for optometry must be lifted immediately to ensure the eye health of all Australians, writes Kirsty Machon, Acting CEO of Optometry Australia.

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May 11, 2017September 15, 2019
11 May
Tags: eye health, Optometry Australia, vision
Coordinating to Close the Gap for Vision

Coordinating to Close the Gap for Vision

Jess Cutter

Vision 2020 Australia’s Policy and Advocacy Officer Jess Cutter considers what it will take to Close the Gap for Vision by 2020.

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April 5, 2017September 15, 2019
05 Apr
Tags: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Centre for Eye Research Australia, eye health, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, The Fred Hollows Foundation, vision
A day in the life with Stargardt’s Disease

A day in the life with Stargardt’s Disease

Matt De Gruchy

Matt De Gruchy is 20 years old and lives in Horsham, Victoria. He was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease when he was nine; an eye condition caused by a build-up of vitamin A. 

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February 21, 2017September 15, 2019
21 Feb
Tags: eye health, vision loss
Q&A with Andrew Harris

Q&A with Andrew Harris

Andrew Harris

Andrew Harris has been an optometrist for over 25 years. Last year, we welcomed Andrew as a new Board member for Vision 2020 Australia. 

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January 24, 2017September 15, 2019
24 Jan
Tags: eye health, Q&A, vision loss
The First OCT Item Number in Australia

The First OCT Item Number in Australia

Dr Rowan Porter

Dr Rowan Porter explains why Item 11219  to reimburse the use of OCT (Optical coherence tomography) as an alternative diagnostic procedure to FA is great news for patients.

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December 13, 2016September 15, 2019
13 Dec
Tags: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, diabetes, eye health, vision
Ophthalmologist Dr Geoffrey Wabulembo brings a wealth of knowledge to the eye health and vision care sector in PNG

Ophthalmologist Dr Geoffrey Wabulembo brings a wealth of knowledge to the eye health and vision care sector in PNG

Geoffrey Wabulembo

Ugandan ophthalmologist Geoffrey Wabulembo writes about his extensive career worldwide and how ophthalmology training in Papua New Guinea can be improved going forward. 

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July 27, 2016September 15, 2019
27 Jul
Tags: eye health, global, vision

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