Friday, 14 February 2020: Brien Holden Foundation Continues Ground-Breaking Eye Care Program In Africa.
- February 13, 2020
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Wednesday, 30 January 2020: BHVI shared today that its research collaborator Hai Yen Eye Care has achieved a nationwide first, opening a research centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- January 30, 2020
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Thursday, 19 December 2019: The BHVI Foundation in Pakistan has hosted a successful visit from the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian High Commission to a project in Islamabad/ Rawalpindi.
- December 20, 2019
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Thursday, 12 December 2019: BHVI announced today it has signed a three-year agreement with AIER, continuing their collaborative work together on key projects within the growing field of myopia management.
- December 12, 2019
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Friday, 22 November 2019: BHVI has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar deal with Optometry Giving Sight USA (OGS) to continue as its preferred project implementation partner. BHVI’s Foundation will provide these key services to OGS.
- November 18, 2019
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Hanoi, Vietnam, 20 August 2019: Today marks an historic day for Hanoi Medical University and its School of Optometry, as the first graduating class of optometrists complete their degree.
- August 20, 2019
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Durban, South Africa, 12 May 2019: Each year the immense contribution that nurses make to global eye health is recognised on International Nurses Day, this year we celebrated Petronella Nichols, MBA, Africa Regional Director, Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation, who started her professional career as a registered nurse. Here is her inspirational story...
- May 14, 2019
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 30 April 2019: Today a dedicated optometry student from Ho Chi Minh City will receive reward for her tenacious commitment to studying optometry. The scholarship is being granted by an Australian optometrist, Dr Tony Hanks OAM
- April 24, 2019
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Geneva, Switzerland, 5 October 2018: A study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has found that while school eye health programs can reduce vision impairment in children in low- and middle-income countries, programs need policy-based support to be sustainable and effective.
- October 4, 2018
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