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17 Sep
2019

Daylesford man Ted Nason urges people to take care of their eyesight

by Vision Initiative

It's something many people take for granted, but just imagine what your life would be like without your eye sight. – Bendigo Advertiser

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health vision initiative
04 Jul
2019

Celebrating the enduring impact of a Vision 2020 Australia-funded program of PhD research

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Dr Amelia Lake discusses the Diabetes and Eye Health project, funded by Vision 2020 Australia.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health vision initiative
21 Sep
2018

RVEEH launched Patient Information Hub

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The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital announced the launch of the patient information hub. 

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health eye health education
01 Aug
2018

Good news continues for Indigenous eye health with program extension

by Vision Initiative

We are pleased to announce the Australian Government has provided a further $2.5 million for retinal cameras and training.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health
09 Feb
2018

World class virtual reality eye surgery training program begins at Eye and Ear

by Vision Initiative

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.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health
07 Feb
2018

Orthoptics Awareness Week 2018 — ‘Discover the Depths of Orthoptics’

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MEDIA RELEASE. Orthoptics Awareness Week (OAW) is an important event in the Orthoptics Australia calendar each year. This year it will be held between Monday 5th to Friday 9th of March 2018.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health
03 Oct
2017

Vision Initiative sets sights on at-risk Victorians

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MEDIA RELEASE. Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Health Gabrielle Williams MP today announced that thousands of residents across Bass Coast, Central Goldfields, Glenelg, Hepburn, Moira and Whittlesea are set to benefit from the government funded Vision Initiative eye health program.

Posted in Latest NewsTagged eye health vision initiative
10 Jul
2017

Diabetic retinopathy: My brush with blindness

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Jamie Duncan, Vision Australia writer/editor, had never been to an optometrist despite living with diabetes. In this blog he writes about losing his sight in his 30s.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health eye health education
10 Jul
2017

An initiative to stop Australians with diabetes going needlessly blind

by Vision Initiative

MEDIA RELEASE. This National Diabetes Week, Vision 2020 Australia is calling on the Australian Government to invest in the prevention of diabetes-related eye disease – the leading cause of avoidable vision loss among working-aged Australians.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged eye health vision initiative
22 May
2017

Caring Australians lose sight of their own eye health

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MEDIA RELEASE. Jean Kittson, like many her age, is facing one of the busiest times of her life. One of Australia’s most-loved performers Jean juggles her family and work commitments and the welfare of ageing parents in their 90s.

Posted in Latest NewsTagged eye health eye health education

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