ODOB: What to expect from Level 3
The following is an announcement from the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) regarding the Government’s possible move to Covid-19 Alert Level 3 on 23 April FROM THE ODOB BOARD As
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Positive results for novel myopia-control lenses
SightGlass Vision announced positive 12-month results for its innovative myopia-slowing spectacle lenses. The Control of myopia using peripheral diffusion lenses: efficacy and safety study (Cypress)
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Celebrating success in CL education
The International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) has announced the 2020 Contact Lens Educators of the Year Award winners.
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Specsavers welcomes 2020 grads
Specsavers has welcomed its largest cohort of graduates to date: 173, who will work across Australia and New Zealand.
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Zeiss offers ophthalmic support during Covid-19
Zeiss is offering free slit lamp breath shields and a new support website to aid its customers and eye health practitioners worldwide in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Understanding public health leadership
The Australian College of Optometry (ACO) Certificate in Public Health and Leadership is open for registration once again following its success last year, said organisers.Launched in April 2019, the
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Transitions Gen 8 launched
Transitions Optical has released its next generation lens, Transitions Signature Gen 8, a darker lens with quicker activation and fading.
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Reversing AMD?
In a small clinical trial published in Ophthalmology, a prosthetic retinal device has proved its ability to restore eyesight to people who are blinded by age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Inspiring Māori into optometry
Increasing the number of Māori entering eye health professions is the aim of a collaboration between the University of Auckland School of Vision Science (SOVS), Toku Eyes and the Te Whe pilot programme for Year 10 rangatahi (young people).
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Defining AMD
Recommendations to standardise definitions for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its subtypes have been made by an international working group of retina specialists, ocular pathologists and imaging experts.
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Tribal partnership for eyecare
OPSM and Tainui tribe have formed a partnership, the first of its kind in New Zealand, to manage tribe members’ eye health. “OPSM is proud to have partnered with Waikato-Tainui. The partnership forms
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Eye Health Aotearoa is born
Forging a new pathway to help Kiwis to see more clearly, Eye Health Aotearoa launched in parliament late this summer.
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