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03 Jul |
Holden an AOA LegendIt’s official, Australian researcher and entrepreneur for eye health solutions Professor Brien Holden is a ‘legend’. So says the American Optometric Association (AOA), which represents over 35,000 members from the optometry profession in the U.S. and conferred the honour at a special awards reception on Friday. |
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03 Jul |
The Fred Hollows Foundation named one of Australia’s Top BusinessesThe Fred Hollows Foundation has joined Deloitte, NRMA, the CSIRO and NAB in winning a national award for leadership in business practices. The Foundation has been honoured as The Australian Charity of the Year 2013 in the inaugural Australian Charity Awards, a new partner program of The Australian Business Awards. |
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01 Jul |
Discuss your family’s eye history this JulEYE. It’s as simple as having a conversation and as serious as saving your eyesight.The RANZCO Eye Foundation (Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists), a national not-for-profit organization, dedicates the month of July to its annual community awareness campaign. JulEYE is aimed at educating Australians about eye disease and this year is encouraging everyone to discuss their family eye history. |
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26 Jun |
Eyefly launches EyeGive partnering with Brien Holden Vision Institute Say Eye campaignEyefly, the online fashion eyewear retailer for men and women, announces today its launch of a social responsibility effort by pledging to donate one frame for every frame they sell to the Brien Holden Vision Institute Say Eye campaign. With an initial donation of 15,000 optical frames, Eyefly is lending its support, while serving to promote advocacy and education for the development of eye care worldwide. |
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28 May |
New Global Action Plan a milestone for international eye healthA visionary new Global Action Plan adopted at the World Health Assembly in Geneva last week is good news for people living with avoidable blindness and vision loss around the world. |
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15 May |
Peak body welcomes $39 million to tackle avoidable blindness in Asia and the PacificVision 2020 Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment of $39 million in today’s budget to tackle avoidable blindness in Asia and the Pacific. |
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15 May |
Peak body welcomes $16.5m budget boost to tackle trachoma but more needs to be done to close the gap in visionPeak eye health organisation Vision 2020 Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment of $16.5 million in today’s budget to tackle the blinding eye infection trachoma in Indigenous communities. But more needs to be done to close the gap in vision. |
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02 May |
New report proof investing in vision is a smart use of Australian aidPeak body calls on government not to be short-sighted when it comes to reducing poverty in our region. A new PricewaterhouseCoopers report launched today showing the economic benefits of eliminating avoidable blindness in developing countries is proof that investing in sight is a smart use of Australia’s foreign aid budget. |
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29 Mar |
Sector takes next step in tackling avoidable blindness and reducing the impact of vision loss in AustraliaVision 2020 Australia and the Department of Health and Ageing has taken a significant step in bringing together the eye health and vision care sector to inform the development of a new National Framework Implementation Plan. |
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25 Mar |
Vision 2020 Australia breakfast goes global at Parliament House
Global eye health was the flavour of the day at the Parliamentary Friends Group breakfast event at Parliament House in Canberra last week. |
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