Sydney, Australia, 19 March 2019: Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation today announced that it has received a donation of $225,000 – the largest single donation in the history of the Foundation.
- March 19, 2019
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Barcelona, Spain, 28 February 2019: “Eye health services are far too often a neglected part of child health interventions at the expense of a student’s potential,” said Hasan Minto, Global Programs Director at Our Children’s Vision and Chair of the IAPB’s working group on school eye health.
- February 28, 2019
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Sydney Australia, 26 February 2019: Sandra Bailey LLB CM GAICD has been elected by the Board of the Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation to be the Foundation’s new Chairperson. The election took effect on 19 February 2018.
- February 26, 2019
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Calabar, Nigeria, 18 January 2019: We are saddened to learn of the news that Dr Uduak Udom, Immediate Past President of the World Council of Optometry, has passed away after a long battle with illness.
- January 22, 2019
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Singapore, 19 November 2018: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) joined with Brien Holden Vision Institute in a recent collaborative meeting at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), to host a regional discussion on myopia.
- November 19, 2018
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 30 October 2018: A study of diabetic retinopathy and diabetes in the National Capital District of Papua New Guinea has found high rates of vision related disease and undiagnosed diabetes.
- October 30, 2018
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