Brien Holden Vision Institute
Nonprofit eye care research and vision delivery organization.
Based in Australia, the Brien Holden Vision Institute is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working globally in eye care research and vision services. It was originally called the Institute for Eye Research, then renamed in 2010 after co-founder Professor Brien Holden OAM, an optometrist who received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1997.
Quick Facts
- Formation
- 1985
- Headquarters
- Sydney, Australia
- Former name
- Institute for Eye Research
- Leader
- Yvette Waddell
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Research and development
BHVI develops vision correction products for myopia, presbyopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, including eyeglasses, contact lenses and surgical devices. It also researches contact lens technology improvements, treatments for dry eye, and technologies to detect eye disease and other eye-related conditions. The institute partners with commercial and nonprofit organizations worldwide.
Global activities
BHVI is headquartered in Sydney and has been represented in multiple countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It has developed over 400 eye care sites and, since 1998, provided optometric services to more than 2.5 million people, trained nearly 50,000 eye care personnel, and reached 57 schools. It was a principal investigator in the 2012 study 'The global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error' published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. In Africa, it sponsored the African Vision Research Institute at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. In 2014, it partnered with Standard Chartered and SightSavers for paediatric eye surgeries in Uganda, and with the Tanzanian Optometric Association to distribute spectacles and offer professional development courses. In China, researchers at the Zhongsan Ophthalmic Centre worked with BHVI on juvenile myopia in 2013, and BHVI established the Australia China Centre for Optometry Research and Development in 2012. BHVI co-founded the India Vision Institute in 2011.
Australian government support
BHVI was an essential participant in Vision CRC Ltd, established in 2003 under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program. The Australian International Development's NGO Cooperation Program helped fund a partnership with Lurio University in Mozambique. BHVI holds full membership in the Australian Council for International Development and participates in Vision 2020 Australia.
Brien Holden Vision companies
BHVI has sponsored commercial Brien Holden Vision subsidiary companies in Australia, China, India and the United States to bring advanced products to market and generate revenues for research, education, development and humanitarian activities. In 2012, it took a controlling share in the United States company Quantum Catch, renamed Brien Holden Vision Diagnostics, which focuses on affordable diagnostic medical devices.
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