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    Ita Buttrose calls on Government to do more

    One of Australia’s best known personalities Ita Buttrose has called on State, Territory and Federal Governments to do more for older Australians who are at risk of going blind.

    Saving sight will save billions of dollars

    An investment to save the sight of thousands of vulnerable older Australians will save the Government up two billion dollars.

     “I’ll work until they put me in a pine box”

    Mike can’t retire because he wouldn’t be able to afford the cost of eye treatment that prevents him from going blind.

    “Rural ophthalmologists are overloaded with patients. We need more specialists out here”

    People who live in rural and remote areas face real struggles to commit to start sight-saving eye injections and to stick with the treatment.

    “The cost of my eyes has prohibited us from going on any kind of holiday”

    My eyes are our holiday money. I’ve even considered giving up my injections. It’s a

    MDFA launches new economic modelling

    MDFA launches new economic modelling

    Eye Connect offers a new way to support AMD patients.

    My Eyes offers a new way to support AMD patients.

    Evaluation of MDFA’s education courses for health professionals

    Evaluation of MDFA’s education courses for health professionals

    Partnership to address Diabetic Eye Disease in Indigenous communities

    A successful project to train practitioners to screen for diabetic eye disease in Indigenous communities across Australia has been extended.

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