Contact Connect - "It wasn't only about fitting sclerals!" True to form, the CLSSA once again laid on a world-class conference. The event was very well attended, and the vibe just excellent. The speakers and workshop presenters were just outstanding! Delegates were sent home with the knowledge that they are well-armed
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Lecturer Scoops Health Merit Award
By Nombuso Dlamini Senior Lecturer in Optometry at UKZN, Dr Vanessa Moodley received the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) Health Merit Award at the organisation’s inaugural national conference on 19 August at Emperor’s Palace, Johannesburg. The award recognises outstanding performance by individual practitioners. Moodley was nominated by the Professional Board: Optometry
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EssilorLuxottica buys Dutch Retail Chain
EssilorLuxottica has forked out $8 Billion in cash to buy Dutch Retail Chain, GrandeVision, which includes brands such as Vision Express in Britain and For Eyes in the United States and Brilleland in Europe. GrandVision sells prescription glasses, contact lenses and other eyecare products. According to the website they have
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E Optics – Rodenstock Training
Founded in 1877 by Josef Rodenstock, an innovative optical leader, Rodenstock is rewriting the text books 142 years later and still going strong. e Optics & Lenscape together with Rodenstock international embarked on training which was held at Lagoon Beach Hotel (Cape Town) and Irene Country Lodge (Pretoria) in May 2019. Sophisticated
HPCSA National Conference
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) invites you to its 1st National Conference2019 to be held at Emperors Palace from 18-20th August 2019. The conference will provide an opportunity for delegates across all health sectors, health regulators, policy makers, academics and service providers amongst others; to engage on regulatory
GEMS appoints Flow Communications as its PR and media agency
Flow Communications has been appointed as the full-service communications agency for the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS). Flow, one of South Africa’s largest independent integrated communications agencies, was appointed after a competitive bidding process that was completed this month. GEMS is the country’s second largest medical scheme. “We are excited to
Child eye health a big winner in MySchool “21 Years of Giving Back” campaign
The Brien Holden Vision Institute, which works to foster universal eye care for children, amongst other vital eye healthcare programmes, is one of the winners in the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet ‘21 years of Giving Back’ campaign. In celebration of its 21st anniversary last year, the community loyalty programme launched the
Acuity 200 – World’s Highest DK GP Material
HYPER-DK MATERIAL ISO/FAT DK 211 Inherently wettable: Wets exceptionally well. No plasma or surface treatments needed. Strong, durable & stable: Excellent masking of astigmatism; lens thickness same as DK 100 materials\ Ideal balance of fluorine and silicone: Excellent deposit resistance The feedback from clinicians who have used Acuity 200 has been nothing but overwhelmingly positive. So far, it's