Who's looking after your eyes?

Who’s looking after your eyes?

This presentation includes information on:

1. The primary causes of vision loss in Australia.
2. Identification of common eye condition symptoms (many of which may go unnoticed).
3. Treatment and management of prevalent eye conditions.
4. Promoting and maintaining eye health, including information on various eye health practitioners in the community, their roles, and how to access their services.

We are currently focusing on our older Australians, as chronic eye conditions affect 93% of people aged 65 and over (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Eye health). Unfortunately, 453,000 Australians are blind or vision impaired, and over 90% of this is preventable or treatable (Vision 2020 Australia).

Sight For All is an Adelaide-based, not-for-profit, social impact organisation. Our purpose is to empower communities to eliminate blindness through sustainable sight-saving projects. For the past 12 years, Sight For All has been delivering eye health projects in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Our Projects are based on four fundamental humanitarian strategies – collaborative research, infrastructure support, sustainable education, and the promotion of eye health