A novel replacement lens technology is being developed to provide a breakthrough solution for the more than one billion people with presbyopia and cataract...
One of the major factors preventing growth in the use of contact lenses and in the contact lens industry is ocular discomfort. Each year around 12% of wearers drop out...
Improving ways of delivering vision care to Indigenous communities and developing the vision centre model as a blueprint for developing communities around the world...
Recycled glasses cost almost twice as much as new ready-made glasses to deliver in developing communities. Read The New York Times or Bloomberg story or listen to a Radio National interview interview with Dr David Wilson from the International Centre for Eyecare Education, and find out why it may better to donate $10 rather than those old specs if you want to help.
The Vision Cooperative Research Centre (Vision CRC) is a unique worldwide collaboration of leading vision care and eye health organisations, and industry partners from around the world, drawn together to deliver innovative solutions to common eye conditions such as myopia, presbyopia and hyperopia - problems that affect the vision of billions worldwide.
Established in 2003 under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program, Vision CRC is focused on converting breakthrough research into successful commercial products to treat these problems.
