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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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24 Nov |
Vision 2020 Australia welcomes two new Board MembersVision 2020 Australia welcomes Jane Edge and Justin Mohamed to the Board after being elected at this morning’s Annual General Meeting, bringing a greater diversity to the Vision 2020 Australia Board. |
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23 Nov |
Closing the gap in Indigenous eye heath is within reachHealth agencies are closer to eradicating preventable blindness in Indigenous Australians, according to an update on progress released by the University of Melbourne. |
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20 Nov |
‘Rat vision’ may give humans best sight of allHumans have the best of all possible visual worlds because our full stereo vision combines with primitive visual pathways to quickly spot danger, a study led by the Save Sight Institute at the University of Sydney has discovered. |
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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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