Research from the University of Melbourne shows that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the age of 40 have rates of vision loss three times that of non-Indigenous Australians.
Rates of blindness are also six times higher among Indigenous adults with Australia being the only developed country to still have the trachoma disease still prevalent in the community.
But a 10-year campaign to reduce incidents of trachoma has seen some positive results.
Arrente woman and Trachoma Community Engagement Officer Lesley Martin says her work will not be done until the disease is eradicated in remote communities.
She spoke to CAAMA’s Gilmore Johnston in the audio below.