by Lucy Goodman | Jul 18, 2023 | News
In May 2023, Renata Watene was honoured as the first International Keynote Speaker at the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference in Parramatta, Australia. Renata is renowned for her work in indigenous eye health in Aotearoa....
by Lucy Goodman | Apr 1, 2023 | News
Buchanan Charitable Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Pushkar Silwal (middle) pictured with team members A/Prof Jacqueline Ramke (left) and Dr Braden Te Ao (right). Pushkar Silwal, a member of the School of Optometry and Vision Science’s Community Eye Health team and...
by Lucy Goodman | Feb 16, 2023 | News
A collaboration between the Fred Hollows Foundation and The University of Auckland’s Centre for Pacific and Global Health and School of Optometry and Vision Science aims to assess the state of eye health in the Pacific using locally-driven research. Read the...
by Lucy Goodman | Oct 29, 2022 | General, News, Population-based eye health survey
In July 2021, the Community Eye Health team conducted a pilot eye health survey in the Glen Innes, Panmure and Ōrākei areas of Auckland. This survey gave us the opportunity to collect information about the state of eye health in a small group of New Zealanders, before...
by jram843 | Oct 13, 2022 | News
Raising awareness about eye health globally. On 12 October, the eve of World Sight Day 2022, at the United Nations in New York, the World Health Organization launched its Report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care. The report, which draws on research...
by jram843 | Oct 12, 2022 | Evidence base, News
Estimates for eREC and eCSC contribute to WHO 2030 targets Two papers published today (12 October 2022) in The Lancet Global Health mark an important milestone in the inclusion of two indicators of eye care coverage into the monitoring framework for Universal Health...