MFC Indigenous Eye Health Ambassador Neville Jetta promotes the VACSAL Senior Aboriginal Football and Netball Carnival which was held on 13th - 14th October 2018 in Ballarat, Victoria. Hosted by: Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative (BADAC) & Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association (VACSAL). For more information: vacsalfootballnetball.org.au
Neville shares key messages on the importance of following a healthy lifestyle by choosing water over sports drinks, eating healthy and keeping active. Neville also promotes the need for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes to get an eye check every year to prevent vision loss and blindness as part of the ‘Check Today, See Tomorrow’ diabetes eye care campaign.
Further information on the ‘Check Today, See Tomorrow’ diabetes eye care campaign visit Indigenous Eye Health, University of Melbourne at iehu.unimelb.edu.au or ‘Sports drinks are gammin!’ campaign visit VACCHO at vaccho.org.au/