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Electronically assisted voting for the Victorian State Election
03 September 2010Voters with sight, literacy or English language difficulties or a motorskill impairment will be able to cast a secret, independent vote during the early voting period in one of several ways during this year’s Victorian State election.
Posted under Latest News Read more »New Aboriginal Patient Pathways Coordinator role created
02 September 2010Following the recent announcement by the Health Minister, the Hon Daniel Andrews MP, the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital has created the role of Aboriginal Patient Pathways Coordinator.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Winter Weekend 2010
24 August 2010The inaugural annual Victorian Winter Weekend was held at the Yarra Valley Conference Centre on 21–22 August with the theme Primary Health Care and Team Building.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Home And Community Care (HACC) workers training
19 August 2010The Vision Initiative is working with the Council on the Ageing (COTA), Western Region, to provide training to Home and Community Care workers.
Read more »Falls Prevention, Making a Move ‘Train the Trainer’ Session
16 August 2010On 5 August 2010, the Vision Initiative coordinated and delivered a ‘train the trainer’ education session for Making a Move program coordinators.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Small grant scheme – Braybrook
09 August 2010The Braybrook Neighbourhood Centre has implemented its Neighbourhood Renewal small grant to fund an eye health education session and healthy lunch for members of the Braybrook community.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Health Minister announces additional funding to improve Indigenous eye care in Victoria
09 August 2010The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, Victorian Minister for Health, announced funding of $780,000 to improve Indigenous optical health at the Vision 2020 Australia National Member Forum held at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre on 28 July.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Orthoptics Australia Optimed July Scientific Meeting
02 August 2010The Victorian Branch of Orthoptics Australia held their Optimed July Scientific Meeting on 24 July in the Yarra Valley, with over 60 orthoptists in attendance.
Read more »Pharmaceutical Society of Australia promotes website launch
28 June 2010The following article was published in the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) enews on 10 June. This newsletter is issued to 3,500 Victorian pharmacists and their assistants.
Posted under Published Articles Read more »Neighbourhood Renewal
15 June 2010The Vision Initiative has been working in collaboration with Infoxchange and their ‘Language Factory’ to translate key eye health messages into Mandarin to be promoted on the Wired Community@Collingwood website.
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