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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.
Read more »Australian Health Promotion Association Conference
10 June 2010The annual Australian Health Promotion Association Conference was held in Melbourne on 31 May - 2 June 2010 with the theme: Walking the talk together—partnerships for health promotion.
Read more »Aboriginal Eye Health Subcommittee meets
09 June 2010The first meeting of the Aboriginal Eye Health Subcommittee under the auspice of the Victorian Advisory Council on Koori Health was held on Monday 31 May.
Read more »Falls Prevention Network Meeting 27 May 2010
03 June 2010A summary of the Falls Prevention Network meeting held on 27 May 2010. The network is coordinated by the Department of Health, Aged Care Branch.
Read more »Applications open for the Vision Initiative small grants scheme
07 April 2010Applications are now open for the Vision Initiative Small Grants Scheme, which aims to support groups or organisations from target agencies to organise a project that raises awareness of the importance of regular eye tests within their community.
Posted under Latest News Read more »Keeping it all in focus – the eyes have it
01 April 2010The Vision Initiative's Save Your Sight – Get Tested message is focused on early intervention in eye health issues—visit your optometrist or ophthalmologist or speak to your doctor and get tested.
Posted under Latest News Read more »A sight for sore eyes
04 January 2010
First published in the Australian Nursing Journal Dec09/Jan10
Educating patients to get regular eye health tests is the key when almost 75 per cent of vision impairment is preventable or treatable.
Making a move - vision component
01 December 2009The Vision Initiative, in conjunction with member organisations, has developed a vision component for the Making a Move program to assist with the implementation of the compulsory eye health element of the program.
Posted under Published Articles Read more »An introduction to eyes
01 June 2009The Vision Initiative and member organisations are very excited to present an online learning module for APNA members, titled An Introduction to Eyes.
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