[1] It was one of two principal investigators in the 2012 study, "The global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error", with findings published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[5] Additional collaborative work includes vision care in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, projected to reach four million children.

The organization partnered with the Tanzanian Optometric Association to distribute spectacles and offer free "professional development courses" for optometrists.

[13] BHVI was an essential participant in Vision CRC Ltd, which was established in 2003 under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program.

[18][19] BHVI has sponsored the establishment of commercial entities known as Brien Holden Vision subsidiary companies in Australia, China, India and the United States to directly bring to market advanced products of benefit to consumers and to generate revenues to fund research, education, development and humanitarian activities.