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16 Feb |
Increased Optometry Input into Glaucoma Australia Awareness ActivitiesIn a move that further recognises the importance of optometry in managing patients with glaucoma and improving the low glaucoma detection rates in Australia, Glaucoma Australia has made a second optometrist appointment to its Council of Management (Council). |
14 Feb |
New research partnership targets relatives of people with glaucomaFederal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced details of Partnership Projects – including a glaucoma project – being funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently. National Executive Officer Mr Geoff Pollard said Glaucoma Australia was pleased to be a Funding Partner in the project together with the Department of Health WA, the University of Western Australia, Lions Eye Institute (LEI) and the Flinders University. |
13 Feb |
World’s first professional qualification course for eye bankersThe Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and The University of Melbourne are introducing the world’s first professional qualifications course for eye bankers – the custodians of human tissue for eye transplant surgery. |
13 Feb |
Orthoptics Awareness Week 2017 – ‘Orthoptics Australia Wide’Orthoptics Awareness Week (OAW) is an important event in the Orthoptics Australia calendar each year. This year it will be held between Monday 27 February to Friday 3 March 2017. |
20 Dec |
Australian Ophthalmic Nurses Associations Formalise National CouncilDuring the RANZCO/AONAVIC Melbourne Conference, representatives of State based Australian Ophthalmic Nursing Associations formalised the Australian Ophthalmic Nurses Associations National Council of (AONANC) – to strengthen the professions national voice and support professional development. |
09 Dec |
New Vision Australia look reflects person-centred approachVision Australia, Australia’s largest provider of disability services for people who are blind or low vision, has recently launched its new brand to demonstrate the organisation’s commitment to putting its clients at the centre of everything it does. |
07 Dec |
Partnership boosts eye resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforceEdith Cowan University’s Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet has formed a partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation to further develop and expand the eye health information on the HealthInfoNet web resource. |
01 Dec |
Strong support to avoid diabetes-related blindness at Parliamentary Friends Group event
Prominent parliamentarians including, Health Minister the Hon Sussan Ley MP, had their eyes checked at the ‘Eyes on Diabetes’ joint Parliamentary Friends Group event at Parliament House on Wednesday 23 November.
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01 Dec |
Strong support to avoid diabetes related blindness at Parliamentary Friends Group event
Prominent parliamentarians including, Health Minister the Hon Sussan Ley MP, had their eyes checked at the ‘Eyes on Diabetes’ joint Parliamentary Friends Group event at Parliament House on Wednesday 23 November.
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29 Nov |
Vision 2020 Australia’s 16th Annual General MeetingVision 2020 Australia’s 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held this morning in Melbourne with 14 member organisations in attendance and a further 20 members represented by proxy, comprising 89% of voting members. A key item at the AGM included the election of Directors to the Board. |
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