#MAW2026 | 18 - 24 May
We Need Your Support
It’s the sixth year of Myopia Awareness Week, and this year, we want you to get more people into the clinic for regular eye exams.
With growing evidence showing that myopia starts from school age, we need your help to educate parents and children about the importance of regular eye exams and preventative measures they can take to reduce likelihood of myopia onset and progression.
The #MAW2026 mission
Early intervention makes all the difference so as part of Myopia Awareness Week 2026, this year, we are championing three clear actions:
- Booking annual comprehensive eye examinations for school aged children
- Encouraging daily outdoor play for a minimum of 2 to 3 hours
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Continue to spread the word about myopia and effects on vision health
“Each year, we are reaching more and more clinicians, increasing the awareness of myopia and its afflictions to eye health, as well as the opportunities clinicians have in preventing, managing and stopping myopia with their patients.
It’s important we press on, pushing the message to the community that this disease is here, and there’s something you can do about it.”
Yvette Waddell, CEO, BHVI
#myopiaawarenessweek resources
A range of different resources from leading organisations and groups in myopia management have been collated for use in your practice to help educate, treat and manage myopia in patients.
We’ve also put together some ready-made and customisable graphics for #MAW2026 supporters to share on social media.
Make sure to use the hashtags #MyopiaAwarenessWeek and #MAW2026, and tag BHVI & RMM’s accounts in your posts!
Take the Myopia Awareness Week Pledge!
As part of Myopia Awareness Week, we invite everyone to take the pledge to raise awareness and take action to protect children’s vision in our homes, clinics, and communities.
Download our ready-made graphics to share on your socials!
Thank you to all of the #MAW2026 supporters!
Myopia Awareness Week wouldn’t be possible without all of our amazing supporters!
Visit our #MAW2026 supporters page to view the full list.
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BHVI is an Australian not-for-profit organisation with an international focus on vision research. To meet identified demands in the ophthalmic field, BHVI invents commercially relevant technologies.,. BHVI:
- invents innovative designs for contact lenses, spectacle lenses and intraocular lenses that address refractive errors. In the myopia space, BHVI’s designs are at the forefront of worldwide ophthalmic industry efforts to slow the progression of near-sightedness in children, a condition that is sharply rising in prevalence world-wide;
- prototypes these innovative designs;
- validates the wearability and efficacy of those designs through independent clinical trials;
- protects those designs by obtaining patents in markets worldwide; and
- licenses those designs to the market leaders in the ophthalmic industry.
Review of Myopia Management is a leading online publication designed to help eye care professionals maximize the emerging field of myopia management. Jobson Optical Group launched Review of Myopia Management (RMM) in March 2019 as the first multi-platform digital asset dedicated to myopia management. Since its inception, RMM has remained committed to producing and sharing the most up-to-date information and educational tools for eye care professionals. The online publication has grown to be the leading source of clinical, practice management, and research information on myopia management.
visit reviewofmm.com
About BHVI
Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) is not-for-profit research & development organisation working in the ophthalmic space. It is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Australia. It is regulated by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).
The Charity Programs (ACNC)
- Ophthalmic R&D in myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism (Diseases & Conditions).
- Optometry Education & Knowledge (Higher Education).
- Clinical and metrology services to support R & D technology development (Diseases & Conditions).
The assets and income of BHVI are applied solely towards the promotion and furtherance of the objects of the Company as set out in its constitution.
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