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National body working in partnership to prevent
avoidable blindness and improve vision care
For many Australians, particularly in remote and regional areas, spectacles can be costly and difficult to access. In Australia, subsidised schemes exist however; they are not uniform across the country.
It's been an amazing journey conducting the National Eye Health Survey, with many challenges, but also joys in giving some people their very first eye exam.
We’re often told that governments strongly support this initiative or that program, but sometimes it is hard to know exactly what that means.
