House debates Questions in Writing
Avoidable Blindness Initiative (Question No. 634)
Ms Julie Bishop Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 22 September 2011:
How many eye clinics have been established in the Asia-Pacific region as part of the Avoidable Blindness Initiative.
Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:
As part of the Avoidable Blindness Initiative, thirteen eye clinics have been established or upgraded in the Asia-Pacific region:
In Cambodia, the Takeo Eye Hospital was established and a new eye unit was created at the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Hospital; in Fiji, a new Pacific Eye Institute was built; in Papua New Guinea, four vision centres were established; in Vanuatu, two new clinics were established and one was upgraded; and in Vietnam, three district eye care facilities were built or upgraded.
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