Trachoma

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Health & Medicine

Let it be clear, I strongly support The Voice

Five decades working on eye health in Indigenous communities shows the need for a permanent Voice to Parliament

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Health & Medicine

To improve Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing

In order to see improvements in Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing and that can only be done with Indigenous involvement and leadership

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Health & Medicine

The Indigenous eye-care gap is closing, but not fast enough

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-led approach to managing COVID-19 provides lessons for closing the gap on vision – but more government support is essential

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Health & Medicine

Can we close the gap on blindness by 2020?

While the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision is working to improve vision and eye health for Indigenous Australians, there are still areas that need attention

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Health & Medicine

Closing the Gap for vision

Blindness is a devastating disability that impacts disproportionately on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but the good news is that some solid progress is being made

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Health & Medicine

A clearer view

Research and persistence is paying off, positioning Australia to finally eliminate the blinding eye disease trachoma from remote communities

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