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Fort Lauderdale, U.S., 8 May 2012 : Does uncorrected refractive error affect the quality of our life? You might think there’s a simple answer to the question but for Nina Tahhan the question is highly complex. At ARVO this week, Nina, from the International Centre for Eyecare Education and colleagues from the Brien Holden Vision Institute will be presenting their latest insights from research across a range of topics in vision correction and ocular health.

You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a new pair of glasses. The study was featured in Bloomberg and The New York Times recently.

More than 150 of the world’s leading experts in global blindness prevention, cataract, refractive error, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, childhood blindness, corneal blindness and eye banking will share the stage at the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness 9th General Assembly (9GA).

More than 43 000 school children from 68 schools will benefit from a new vision project in the province of Ba Ria Vung Tau (BRVT) by providing access to eye examinations and affordable glasses...

With more than 200 million native speakers, Portuguese is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, stretching from Africa to South America, Europe to Australia and the Caribbean. To further its mission in eradicating vision impairment among the Lusophone population, the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), has introduced the Portuguese translation of the Refraction Manual...

Pakistan have retained their number one world ranking in blind cricket after a clean sweep against India in the recent Brien Holden Vision Pakistan-India Blind Cricket Series held in Pakistan. The Wall Street Journal charted their rise to the top and their latest success in a contest that saw the renewal of sporting ties between the two nations.

One of the greatest cricketing challenges will be renewed when Pakistan and India meet on a Pakistan sporting field for the first time in more than five years. But it’s the game of blind cricket that’s leading the revival of the international game.

An initiative to underpin the future development of eye care services in India and advance the vision correction industry was signed by the Brien Holden Vision Institute, Australia, and the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), India. The initiative is set to roll out via the newly established India Vision Institute.

For the 125 million plus contact lens wearers worldwide, comfort and safety are what matters most when choosing them in preference to spectacle wear or surgery. Two outstanding young Australian researchers have been getting to the bottom of why a small number of contact lens wearers get eye infections and others don’t.