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February
28
2023

March Declared as Workplace Eye Wellness Month by Prevent Blindness in Effort to Help Keep Eyes Healthy and Safe, Protected at Work

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources, Including Fact Sheets, a Power Point Presentation, and Shareable Social Media Graphics, to Educate Workers on Ways to Help Keep Eyes and Vision Healthy Prevent Blindness has declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month in an effort to help keep eyes healthy, safe and protected on the job. Whether a
February
21
2023

Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Partners with Horizon Therapeutics to Provide Grants for Low Vision Equipment for Illinois Residents in Need

Nonprofit group, Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB), is Teaming up with Horizon Therapeutics to Offer Grants for Low Vision Aids to Patients as Part of the ISPB Low Vision Equipment Reimbursement Program As part of February’s Low Vision Awareness Month, nonprofit organization Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB) is partnering
January
30
2023

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources for February’s Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness, Provides Free Resources on AMD and Low Vision Including Dedicated Webpages, Fact Sheets, New Spanish-language Graphics, An Interactive Patient Guide, and More As part of February’s Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month, Prevent Blindness is offering free resources to the public to help educate and empower individuals, and their care
January
9
2023

Prevent Blindness supports the appointment of a Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Vision to the United Nations

Prevent Blindness supports the appointment of a Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Vision to the United Nations Today, Prevent Blindness has requested that Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, join us in calling for this appointment. In 2021, the UN General Assembly adopted the first-ever “Vision for Everyone” resolution to

January
4
2023

Prevent Blindness Issues Call for Nominations for the 2023 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award

Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award Recipients to be presented awards at the 12th Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit, July 12 and 13 Prevent Blindness is issuing the call for nominations for the “2023 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health,” and
December
22
2022

Prevent Blindness Invites Patients and Caregivers to Join The Glaucoma Community as Part of January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness offers a variety of free glaucoma educational resources, including “The Glaucoma Community,” to patients with the eye disease and their caregivers As part of January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month, Prevent Blindness is offering a wide variety of free resources to help glaucoma patients and their caregivers find the support they need to address
November
30
2022

Prevent Blindness Declares Second Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week as Dec. 5-11, 2022

Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources for Patients and Healthcare Professionals for Geographic Atrophy, an Advanced Form of Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevent Blindness is announcing the second annual Geographic Atrophy (GA) Awareness Week as Dec. 5-11, 2022. GA is an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which affects central vision. GA can lead
November
9
2022

Prevent Blindness Declares Third Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week as Nov. 14-20, 2022

Prevent Blindness to provide TED educational materials, promote awareness, and offer unique Art Therapy program for patients and care partners Prevent Blindness has declared Nov. 14-20, 2022, as its third annual “Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness (TED) Week.” TED, sometimes called Graves’ ophthalmopathy or Graves’ Eye Disease, is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system causes inflammation and