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10 Feb |
Vision 2020 Australia welcomes Labor funding boost to close the gap in Indigenous eye healthVision 2020 Australia has welcomed Labor’s $9 million funding commitment announcement today to improve essential eye health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
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13 Jan |
Vision Initiative Pilot Projects: results releasedIn 2012-15, the Vision Initiative successfully tested a novel three-tiered approach to reduce avoidable blindness and vision loss in four local government areas (LGAs) where populations were considered at increased risk of eye disease. |
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08 Oct |
Australians urged to snap for sight this World Sight DayAustralians are still not doing enough to look after their sight but a new campaign is hoping to change this by encouraging more people to get their eyes tested. |
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28 Sep |
SDGs set new global agenda for eye health and vision careVision 2020 Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to a new agenda for sustainable development over the next 15 years. |
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16 Sep |
Indigenous eye health to receive $6.6m boostAustralia is one step closer to closing the eye health gap today following the Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash’s announcement of $6.63 million for Indigenous eye health. |
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26 Aug |
Study shows blind looking at longer waiting times for servicesA new survey has found that Australians who are blind or vision impaired are experiencing longer wait times for low vision services with signs that this is expected to worsen. |
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26 Aug |
Warilla residents help shine a spotlight on eye healthThe National Eye Health Survey (NEHS) will allow Warilla residents to become some of the first people in NSW to have their eyes tested as part of ground-breaking Australian r esearch into eye health. |
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28 Jul |
Legacy of a visionaryThe eye health and vision care sector has lost one of its most influential and passionate leaders with the sudden passing of Professor Brien Holden OAM, in Sydney overnight. |
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02 Jul |
Landmark eye health survey will be completedVision 2020 Australia is pleased to announce that the Australian Government has funded the National Eye Health Survey’s (NEHS) $650,000 shortfall ensuring the much-needed research will be completed. |
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12 Jun |
Testing gets underway as National Eye Health Survey launchesResidents from Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs had their eyes tested today, officially launching the nation’s first National Eye Health Survey. |
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