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Australian Society of Ophthalmologists urges government to close the Indigenous eye health gap
The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists has called on the federal government...
Phoebe Blogg 15 Oct 2025
Deadly Vision, Deadly Cup: Shaun Tatipata’s game-changing legacy
Before the cheers echoed across the field at Sunday's Deadly Cup, before the boo...
Nicole Brown 6 Jul 2025
New technology playing key role in improving Indigenous eye health in remote communities
Cutting-edge medical technology is being used to dramatically improve health out...
Callan Morse 4 Jun 2025
Eye disease trachoma eliminated in Papua New Guinea
The World Health Organisation confirmed this week that Papua New Guinea has elim...
Giovanni Torre 20 May 2025
Closing the Gap in Aboriginal eye health: a nurse’s vision of change
As a Noongar/Njamal woman with deep family roots in Western Australia's Great So...
Sarah Haynes 5 Mar 2025
Pacific nations, Fred Hollows Foundation contribute to Papua New Guinea's vision to see more clearly

A groundbreaking purpose-built eye care training and service centre in Port Moresby is aiming to tackle avoidable blindness and vision impairment throughout large parts of Papua New Guinea through unp...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Dec 3, 2024
Yorta Yorta artist Chloe Jones collaborates with Bupa Optical for new collection

In a new joint venture to put Indigenous eye health in the frame, Bupa Optical has teamed up with Yorta Yorta artist Chloe Jones to launch a new limited-edition glasses range.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Nov 6, 2024
Indigenous communities pushing back against eye disease

The prevalence of a highly infectious eye disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has declined by 87 per cent, data shows.

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Keira Jenkins Oct 10, 2024
Australia's first Aboriginal ophthalmologist, Kris Rallah-Baker, making a big impact with IRIS program

Australia's first Aboriginal Ophthalmologist, Associate Professor Kris Rallah-Baker, recently joined the successful Indigenous and Remote Eye Service (IRIS) with his first cataract surgery list delive...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 19, 2024
Five decades working on eye health in Indigenous communities shows the need for a Voice to Parliament

I grew up in middle-class Melbourne, went to a private school and graduated in medicine at the University of Melbourne. At the end of the first year, four old school friends aimed to drive around Aust...

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