Australian of the Year 2020 awarded to eye surgeon Dr James Muecke, with Ash Barty, youth advocate and obstetrician also honoured
An eye surgeon has been named Australian of the Year for 2020 for his work preventing blindness.
Dr James Muecke's work specifically focuses on the leading cause of blindness in adults — type 2 diabetes.
In 2000 Dr Muecke co-founded Vision Myanmar at the South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology and later co-founded Sight For All, a social impact organisation aiming to create a world where everyone can see.
Dr Muecke says with 80 per cent of world blindness avoidable — and almost 90 per cent in poor countries — blindness is a human rights issue.
he world's top women's tennis player, Ash Barty, was also honoured as the Young Australian of the Year for inspiring legions of fans through her actions both on and off the court.
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