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12 Nov |
Diabetes surge hits every nationSomeone you know will have diabetes, but many people with diabetes don’t know they have it, according to the latest global Diabetes Atlas released for World Diabetes Day (14 November). |
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11 Nov |
Medical Research Future Fund commits $13 million to eye researchThe Australian Government has committed nearly $13 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to eye research projects this week. |
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28 Oct |
Yalata and Australian Trachoma Alliance partner to eliminate trachomaThe National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is proud to be part of an alliance which has signed an agreement with Yalata community in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma – a leading cause of preventable blindness in a number of remote Aboriginal communities. |
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27 Oct |
Legislation opens more doors for assistance dogsPeople with disability will benefit from improved access and streamlined services after the passing of the Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Amendment Bill in the Queensland State Parliament today. |
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20 Oct |
New Grading Scales available to all optometristsThe Brien Holden Vision Institute has launched new Grading Scales, which provides optometrists with an easy to use consulting room guide for the monitoring of common contact lens complications. |
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16 Oct |
Adelaide ophthalmologist takes out top honour in 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awardsSight For All founding chairman, Dr James Muecke AM, was last night named the 2015 National Social Entrepreneur of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony in Sydney. |
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16 Oct |
Vote of confidence in aid organisations’ effectiveness welcomedThe peak body for Australia’s aid organisations today welcomes Labor’s vote of confidence in the effectiveness of aid programs run by our members. |
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15 Oct |
Guide Dogs SA/NT CEO named SA’s Telstra Business WomanKate Thiele, Chief Executive of Guide Dogs SA/NT has been named South Australia’s Telstra Business Woman of the Year. |
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09 Oct |
IRIS joins call to action: Eye care for allThe Australian Society of Ophthalmologists is using the message of World Sight Day – Eye care for all – to remind the Federal Government of the valuable contribution its sight saving program IRIS was making to help close the gap on eye health services for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians before funding for it was cut. |
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08 Oct |
Government urged to do more to end blindness on World Sight DayThe Fred Hollows Foundation today used the occasion of World Sight Day to highlight the critical contribution that Australian aid has made to ending avoidable blindness in our region. |
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