Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) is working with the Indigenous Eye Health Unit at Melbourne University to facilitate better eye health outcomes for Aboriginal Communities.
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Restoring sight: Clinical progress towards Australia’s bionic eye
Bionic Vision Technologies announced today that researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) have successfully restored a sense of vision in four blind people using a bionic eye, as part of a clinical trial in Melbourne.
RVEEH launched Patient Information Hub
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital announced the launch of the patient information hub.
Professor Keith Martin is appointed as next Managing Director of CERA
The Board of the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) announced the appointment of Professor Keith Martin as next Managing director.
Good news continues for Indigenous eye health with program extension
We are pleased to announce the Australian Government has provided a further $2.5 million for retinal cameras and training.
Greater certainty and choice at Victorian elections
Thanks to changes to the Electoral Legislation Act passed in the Victorian Parliament yesterday, voters who are blind or have low vision will now have greater electronic voting choices and certainty.
Peak health groups welcome government funding for new National Diabetes Eye Screening Program
Leading diabetes and eye health groups today applauded the Australian Government funding announcement for a new national diabetes eye screening program to reduce vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes.
Vision Initiative showcased in Australia’s Voluntary National Review
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a roadmap for global development efforts to 2030 and beyond for developed and developing countries to ensure the peace, protection and poverty eradication around the world.
Glaucoma Awareness Week campaign aims to find 150,000 Aussies who are unaware they have glaucoma
MEDIA RELEASE. Despite being the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness, more than 10 million Aussies do not automatically think to have a simple eye exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist which can save their sight.
World class virtual reality eye surgery training program begins at Eye and Ear
MEDIA RELEASE. Virtual reality is commonly used to train aviation pilots, now The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is using state-of-the-art virtual reality simulators to train the next generation of eye surgeons.