Happy World Optometry Week! This year we would like to dive into the past and set the reel in motion years back. Technology has seeped its way into every industry, let’s take a look at how the optic industry functioned before the advent of modern technology. (more…)
DURBAN, South Africa — A dissemination event was hosted at the Brien Holden Vision Institute office on June 23, 2018, in Durban. Prof Kovin Naidoo, CEO of Brien Holden Vision Institute and the Principal Investigator for the Work Productivity Study Research, presented the results to factory workers and factory managers who attended the event. (more…)
Conference Series is inviting eye care professionals to submit abstracts for the “18th World Conference on Optometry & Photo Refractive Keratectomy” (Optometry and PRK 2018) which will commence on September 24-25, 2018 in Dallas, USA. The conference is CME accredited. Optometry & PRK 2018 will be organized around the theme “Breaking the Frontiers in Vision Science”. (more…)
Ambakandawila, Sri Lanka, February 5-6, 2017: Our Children’s Vision, the global initiative upscaling, accelerating and expanding eye health services to more children around the world, hosted dozens of representatives from their international partner base. The meeting brought together leaders in the eye health and development field to scrutinize health integration models and resource mobilization strategies and discuss topics ranging from current eye health standards for children to the latest research in school health. (more…)
NEW YORK CITY – Dr. Kovin Naidoo, chief executive officer of the Brien Holden Vision Institute (Australia), will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry for making lasting contributions to eye and vision care. He will join the College’s graduating class on Thursday, May 24, at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan during the 2018 commencement ceremony. (more…)
Glaucoma causes fluid pressure to build up inside the eye (intraocular pressure), damaging the optic nerve. It is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, and currently affects 57.5 million people, and is expected to increase to 65.5 million by 2020.
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Every 20th of November, the United Nations promotes international togetherness in spreading awareness among children worldwide and improving children’s welfare with the Universal Children’s Day. Celebrated since 1990, it is the date the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959, as well as, the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. (more…)
Eyezone Institute of Opticianry, in collaboration with Brien Holden Vision Institute, orchestrated a two-day slit lamp skills training session held on November 16-17, 2017 at the Jordan Optometric Syndicate, Amman. The team of Eyezone Institute faculty members namely, Dr. Nezar Damati (Executive Director) and Mr. Moayad Al Deek (Assistant Training Director), covered various topics, such as, setting up of the slit lamp, patient and illumination system, examining the eye, as well as, hands-on workshop sessions where the trainees were able to examine patients, among others. (more…)
French-speaking countries in West Africa joined forces to eliminate trachoma, the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness, under a new initiative spearheaded by The Task Force’s International Trachoma Initiative (ITI). Representatives discussed funding, logistics, and supply-chain management issues around the mass drug administration of antibiotic for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. (more…)
Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face as a complication of diabetes. People with diabetes are at risk for diabetic retinopathy, cataract, and glaucoma.
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease in America. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina. (more…)