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URL:https://www.worldglaucomaweek.org/activity/glaucoma-aware/
SUMMARY:Glaucoma Aware
DESCRIPTION:\n\nA new campaign titled Glaucoma Aware is carrying out a nati
 onwide mission to unearth 150\,000 Australians who face preventable blindn
 ess and don’t know it*1\,2. Launching this World Glaucoma Week (March 12
  – 18)\, the campaign aims to educate Australians about glaucoma and enc
 ourage those at-risk to get a comprehensive eye check.\n\nMore than 300\,0
 00 Australians have glaucoma yet only half have been diagnosed*1\,2\, typi
 cally because they haven’t had a simple eye check by an eye health provi
 der such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Around 60% of Australians e
 ither haven’t been tested or don’t know if they’ve been tested for g
 laucoma*4.\n\nThe Glaucoma Aware campaign\, sponsored by Novartis and supp
 orted by Glaucoma Australia and OPSM\, aims to encourage Australians to av
 oid missing out on life’s special moments by getting their eyes checked 
 for glaucoma.\n\n1. Mitchell P et al. Prevalence of open angle glaucoma in
  Australia. The Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 1996 Oct;103(10)
 :16619.\n2. Wensor MD et al. The prevalence of glaucoma in the Melbourne V
 isual Impairment Project. Ophthalmology. 1998 Apr;105(4):7339.\n3. Tham Y
 C\, Li X\, Wong TY et al. Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of
  glaucoma burden through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Opht
 halmology 2014\;121(11):2081-90.\n4. Edelman Intelligence. Global glaucoma
  awareness campaign: awareness survey results. June 2016
CATEGORIES:Public educational
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