Public Eye Health

March 17, 2023

Paediatric’s Opthalmology and Otolaryngology Science Conference – 66th anniversary of Children’s hospital 1

Recently, the Paediatric Ophthalmology – Otolaryngology Science Conference – celebrating the 66th anniversary of Children’s Hospital 1 at Children’s Hospital 1 was held on December 9th, […]
March 17, 2023

OOLS 194th

On average, a woman in the United States applies 12 cosmetic products a day, and a man uses at least 6. More than 12000 chemicals are […]
March 17, 2023

Myopia Management: Advancing the global standard of care

The World Council of Optometry and CooperVision invite you to join the Myopia Management: Advancing the global standard of care on Thursday 16th February 2023. The […]
March 17, 2023

OOLS 197: Estimating the prevalence of dry eye disease: What value is most relevant?

Dry eye prevalence is not uniform but varies geographically and with age and sex. This talk will explain these variations and show how prevalence can be […]
March 17, 2023

Online Binocular vision clinical lectures with BSc Optom. Paul D Graham

Dear Teachers, Ophthalmologists and Optometrists, On behalf of the Department of Ophthalmology – Hanoi Medical University, Optometry Vietnam would like to invite you to join the […]
March 11, 2023

01. What is optometry? Who is optometrist?

Optometry has been developed in many countries. Typically, optometrists are trained as main workforce for primary eye care, comprehensive care, including refraction, contact lenses, prescribing glasses, […]
March 11, 2023

02. Why Vietnam needs Optometry?

In Vietnam, a report of preventable blindness (RAAB) in 2017 shows that 11.4% people above 50 years old has visual reduction, and 10% of visual reduction […]
March 11, 2023

03. What can Optometry do to benefit Vietnam situation?

Highly trained and motivated optometrists will contribute a lot of positive impact in visual care in Vietnam. Optometrist can help to alleviate the workload of ophthalmologists […]
March 11, 2023

04. How many optometrists are needed?

As recommended by WHO, by 2020, Vietnam is required to have at least 1 optometrist for every 50,000 people. Currently, in Vietnam, there are only 13 […]