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Men's Health Expo - Whitehorse City Council
21 December 2011Whitehorse City Council hosted the inaugural Men’s Health Expo at Box Hill Town Hall on 30 November 2011.
Posted under Latest News, Published Articles Read more »Diabetes Australia Victoria Community Network Program - Annual State Conference
31 October 2011The Vision Initiative was invited to attend the Diabetes Australia – Victoria Community Network Program Annual State Conference on Saturday 22 October.
Posted under Latest News, Published Articles Read more »Don’t be blind to family history this World Sight Day
13 October 2011On World Sight Day, the CEO of Vision 2020 Australia is encouraging Victorians to get talking about their family history as a lack of conversation is putting families at risk of serious eye disease.
Posted under Latest News Read more »World Sight Day 2011
10 October 2011Globally, approximately 285 million people are blind or vision impaired - 80 per cent of these people needlessly so. Thursday 13 October 2011 is World Sight Day, an international day of awareness focusing on the global issue of blindness and vision loss.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Presentation at Whittlesea Older Adults Physical Activity Network
10 February 2011The Vision Initiative was invited by the Senior Citizens Community Development Officer at the Whittlesea Shire Offices to speak to the Older Adults Physical Activity Network.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Eye Health Subcommittee - Victorian Advisory Council for Koorie Health (VACKH)
03 February 2011The Vision Initiative attended the recent VACKH meeting where the Australian College of Optometry reported on the status of the role out of the new subsidised spectacle scheme in Victoria.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Vision Initiative Program Evaluation 2008-2011
10 January 2011An external program evaluator has been engaged to report on the achievements of the Vision Initiative over the past three years.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Learning Seat - online learning for health professionals
10 January 2011In 2009 Learning Seat, an online education developer, partnered with the Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA) and the Vision Initiative to develop and implement the accredited module for practice nurses titled ‘An Introduction to eyes’. The module was reviewed and updated in late 2010 to incorporate recent information on eye health and vision care in Australia.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Neighborhood Renewal – Atherton Gardens
29 November 2010In early 2010, eye health and vision care information was included on the Wired @ Collingwood community site. More recently the Vision Initiative has provided information for inclusion on the Health and Wellbeing tab of the Wired @ Atherton Gardens community site.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Vision Initiative funding commitment
26 November 2010Labor and Coalition commit to ongoing funding for the Vision Initiative program.
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