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02 Feb |
Indigenous Eye Health Unit releases diabetes eye care resourcesThe 'Check Today, See Tomorrow' resources aim to help reduce the incidence of preventable blindness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people |
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27 Jan |
Australia Day Honours 2016Vision 2020 Australia congratulates individuals who have been honoured in the Australia Day 2016 Honours List. |
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25 Jan |
Pioneering new eye and ear instrument for low-income countriesArclight, a low-cost, solar-powered ophthalmoscope aimed at helping health workers in low-income countries detect signs of blindness has today been launched at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. |
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17 Dec |
CEO eBulletin – December 2015With focus on next year’s Federal Election, the Vision 2020 Australia team are ramping up instead of winding down. This eBulletin edition features updates of ongoing projects, and the start of program and advocacy efforts for 2016. |
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16 Dec |
New Toolkit to support eye care for Indigenous AustraliaThe Brien Holden Vision Institute has released a practical and simple set of approaches health services can use to help improve eye care for the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities with whom they work, based on work done through the Vision CRC research project, Models of Vision Care Delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. |
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15 Dec |
1 in 2 Australians affected by eye problems – higher for Indigenous AustraliansMore than half (54%) of all Australians report having at least one long-term eye health condition, with nearly half the population wearing glasses or contact lenses, according to data released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). |
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11 Dec |
Australia ratifies landmark treaty to end book famineThe book famine for people who are blind or have low vision is a step closer to being resolved after Australia ratified the Marrakesh Treaty overnight in Geneva, a world treaty that facilitates access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities. |
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03 Dec |
New technology drives an accessible content futureAn innovative toolbar that revolutionises the ease and speed of creating accessible documents in Microsoft Word has been launched, on International Day of People with Disability. |
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03 Dec |
Kovin Naidoo appointed CEO of Brien Holden Vision InstituteThe board of the Brien Holden Vision Institute have announced the appointment of Professor Kovin Naidoo to the position of CEO. Professor Naidoo was appointed Interim CEO following the passing of Professor Brien Holden in July 2015. |
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24 Nov |
New partnership to promote awareness of glaucomaWith the total cost of glaucoma on the Australian economy rising by $120 million per year, two of Australia’s foremost professional associations have established a new partnership to increase awareness of this debilitating eye disease. |
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