Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week

2024

Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week
Prevent Blindness Names Six New Members to National Board of Directors
Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week
Prevent Blindness Provides Free Educational Resources for Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month
Common Misperceptions Among Caregivers of Aging Adults Emphasizes Lack of Awareness of Retinal Diseases
New Study Finds Higher Prevalence of Glaucoma Than Previously Estimated
Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Keep Eyes Healthy While Using Contacts
Alcon Children’s Vision Center Named Recipient of 10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Howard Purcell, O.D., New England College of Optometry, to Receive 2025 Person of Vision Award
NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia
2024 Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week
New Mapping Tool Provides Data for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
2024 World Sight Day Activities Focus on Children’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Raises Awareness on the Need for Eye Protection While Playing Sports
Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Parents, Professionals, and Government Leaders on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids
Prevent Blindness Joins in July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month, Providing Educational Resources on Eye Disease that Affects Millions
Fourth Annual Prevent Blindness Fireworks Safety Awareness Week declared as June 28-July 4, 2024, to Help Educate Consumers on the Dangers of Fireworks
Prevent Blindness to Hold 16th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas
Prevent Blindness Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on Eye Disease that is the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States
Call for Nominations Issued for the 2024 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
Prevent Blindness Offers New Resources for Education and to Raise Awareness for Stargardt Disease
Prevent Blindness Launches “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign to Encourage, Educate and Empower the Public to Make Vision and Eye Health a Part of Their Overall Health Care
Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health
Prevent Blindness to Host the 2024 ASPECT Patient Engagement and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Prevent Blindness to Host 13th Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit, a Two-Day Virtual Interactive Event, with theme of “Being Seen and Heard”
Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and the Rising Visionary Award
Prevent Blindness Declares May as First-ever Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources as Part of April’s Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Women on Necessary Steps to Help Save Sight
Prevent Blindness Holds 2024 Person of Vision Award Event, honoring Ed Buffington, GPN Technologies, and 20/20 Magazine, as Part of Vision Expo East
Prevent Blindness Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Encourage Eye Safety Practices, Eye Protection at Work
Prevent Blindness Launches New “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Education and Support Program” as Part of Inaugural ROP Awareness Week, Feb. 26 – March 3, 2024
Prevent Blindness Encourages Eye Safety for Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse in April
February Declared as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Celebrates 15th Anniversary in 2024
Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2024 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala During Vision Expo East, Honoring Ed Buffington, GPN Technologies
Prevent Blindness Issues Call for Nominations for the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award

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Nov

Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness provides free educational resources on geographic atrophy, a form of age-related macular degeneration, including fact sheets, a dedicated webpage, expert videos, and more...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Names Six New Members to National Board of Directors

Prevent Blindness has named six new members to its Board of Directors. The vote was held on Nov. 18, at the 2024 Prevent Blindness Annual...

Nov

Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness provides free educational materials on Thyroid Eye Disease, including a new patient-featured episode of the Focus on Eye Health Expert series, fact sheets,...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Educational Resources for Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness provides the public and professionals with free webpages, fact sheets, educational videos, toolkits, and social media graphics, to help prevent vision loss and...

Oct

Common Misperceptions Among Caregivers of Aging Adults Emphasizes Lack of Awareness of Retinal Diseases

Survey findings show fewer than 30% of caregivers of persons at risk for retinal diseases have heard about some of the most common types of...

Oct

New Study Finds Higher Prevalence of Glaucoma Than Previously Estimated

New research study estimates glaucoma and vision-affecting glaucoma prevalence by demographic factors, and by U.S. state and county A new study “Prevalence of Glaucoma Among...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Keep Eyes Healthy While Using Contacts

National Nonprofit Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources, Including Fact Sheets, Social Media Graphics, and Webpages, on Ways to Use Contact Lenses Correctly and Safely Prevent...

Sep

Alcon Children’s Vision Center Named Recipient of 10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has announced the recipient of the tenth annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for...

Sep

Howard Purcell, O.D., New England College of Optometry, to Receive 2025 Person of Vision Award

Annual Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala at Vision Expo East in Orlando, Fla., to Honor Howard Purcell, O.D., President and CEO of the...

Sep

NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report, Myopia: Causes, Prevention and Treatment of an Increasingly Common Disease Prevent...

Sep

2024 Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness Offers Free Resources to Help Educate the Public and Allied Healthcare Professionals on the Many Types of Inflammatory Eye Diseases, and Steps that...

Sep

New Mapping Tool Provides Data for Children’s Vision and Eye Health

New Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Health Map and Corresponding Report Provides Public, Professionals and Policy Makers with First-ever County and State-level Data on Children’s Vision...