See Strong: A Focus on Indigenous Eye Health
Duration: 26 minutes
Program ID: 1116 | Free (DVD with closed captions)
Indigenous adults suffer a disproportionate burden of eye disease compared to other Australians. The current rate of blindness in Aboriginal people over forty years is six times the rate of non-Aboriginal people. The most common cause of bilateral blindness in Indigenous adults is cataract; with uncorrected refractive error being the main cause of vision loss.