The following is an urgent update from the Ministry of Health (MoH) which is seeking expressions of interest from health and care professionals for Covid-19 response assistance. FROM THE MoH The
The following is an urgent update from the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) on the importance of PPE for optometrists assisting in the delivery of ‘emergency and acute’ eye care
The following is an urgent update regarding Covid-19 from the Ministry of Health, issued by the New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO) and the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board
A genetic test to identify glaucoma risk may be available within the next two years, potentially revolutionising future of glaucoma screening said Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)
Flinders University’s professor of ear nose and throat (ENT) surgery Simon Carney reports the first tell-tale signs of covid-19 may be an unexpected loss of smell, with evidence backed up by
The following is an announcement from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) regarding training challenges and changes caused by Covid-19.FROM RANZCODear
The following is an announcement from the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) regarding the government’s Covid-19 Alert Level 4 announcement on Monday. FROM THE ODOB BOARD Dear
The Spectrum registry, the world’s largest, single device ophthalmology registry to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ivantis’ Hydrus Microstent for the treatment of mild to moderate primary
A gene therapy study shows promising early signs of safety and efficacy for hereditary X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) causing sight loss in young males. Florida-based Bascom Palmer Eye
Abstract submissions for APAO 2020 congress, scheduled for 5-9 August in Xiamen, China, has re-opened from now until 30 April. The congress, this year marking the 60th anniversary of the academy, has
The following is an announcement by the New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO) regarding the government’s Covid-19 Alert Level 4 announcement on Monday. FROM THE NZAO COUNCIL Without a
The district health boards’ (DHBs) follow-up clinic performance figures to August 2019 have been released in response to an Official Information Act (OIA) request¹. They reveal that those waiting both 50% and 100% too long have more than doubled compared with last year’s figures².