Donated equipment helps optometry students in Mali and Kenya
Kakamega, Kenya, 17 May 2013: A leading UK manufacturer of ophthalmic instruments has joined the fight against uncorrected vision impairment and avoidable blindness, by donating essential optometric equipment
Educators logical starting point for eye health in India
Bansara, India, 16 May 2013: Optometry and eye health educators are the future to providing quality eye care services to the more than one hundred million people unnecessarily vision impaired in India.
Change as good as a holiday for lens wearers?
Sydney, Australia, 13 May 2013: Relief from dry eye and other symptoms of discomfort experienced by contact lens wearers may come through simply switching contact lens products a new study has found.
Handover of five provincial vision centres in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 10 May 2013: Celebrations were in order last week in Phnom Penh, marking the official handover of five vision centres now established and operating in five previously underserved provinces of Cambodia
Carr announces avoidable blindness initiatives
Sydney, Australia, 2 May 2013: Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced that the Australian Government will provide funding to two Australian organisations to help tackle avoidable blindness in developing countries
A moment to reflect: WCO Distinguished Service Award
"Everyone, no matter where they live, should have access to affordable, quality eye care. For more than 20 years now, this belief has driven my efforts – to eliminate vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error..."
Eye care leader wins world award
Malaga, Spain, 23 April 2013: In optometry there are few global accolades and Professor Brien Holden has just about won them all, but the vision correction researcher, educator, innovator and entrepreneur for eye care
Multilingual online platform breakthrough
Malaga, Spain, 22 April 2013: More than 600 million people globally speak either French, Spanish or Portuguese and a breakthrough in optometric education will now result in many millions having greater access
Unique contributors honoured by scholarships
Across the globe, across time...they distinguish themselves: three unique contributors honoured by scholarships... recently announced and named after three inspirational figures in the optometric world
Academic Vision Centre handed over in Malawi
Mzuzu, Malawi, Africa, 12 April 2013: The future of eye care in Malawi became brighter today when an Academic Vision Centre, the first of its kind, was handed over to the Malawi Ministry of Health
The Solomon Islands – a story of change
Honiara, Solomon Islands, 15 April 2013: Steven is one of only two people in the Solomon Islands with the skills to make glasses. He first received training to become a spectacle technician
Pakistan recognises eye health as a priority
Islamabad, Pakistan, 9 April 2013: An estimated 12 million people in Pakistan are unnecessarily blind or vision impaired – a situation that has motivated the Pakistani government to express a new commitment
Diabetic retinopathy cost Mary her sight
Sydney, Australia, 10 April 2013: Mary, 54, a Bundjolong woman from Taree was declared legally blind last year. Just over 27 years ago she was diagnosed with diabetes and over the years, due to associated complications
Prosthetic retina promising development for blind
Research developing a retinal prosthesis which may one day restore vision to those blinded by degenerative retinal diseases has drawn attention at one of the world’s leading ophthalmic technologies conference.
Child eye health on improve in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda, Africa, 22 March 2013: Over four million children in East Africa with avoidable blindness are being targeted by a visionary eye health project rolling out across the region
High rates of preventable vision loss among Aboriginal Australians
Why is an Aboriginal Australian adult six times more likely to go blind than a non-Aboriginal adult? The disparity in availability of eye care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a key reason...
