2024

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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Jun

Prevent Blindness to Host Ninth Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as an Online Virtual Event

Prevent Blindness will host the 9th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit, on July 15, 2020, from 12-3 p.m. ET (a virtual...

May

Children’s Vision Screening During Distancing

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health (NCCVEH) at Prevent Blindness is collaborating with national partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and...

May

June Declared Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on World’s Leading Cause of Vision Loss

Cataract is the world’s leading cause of blindness, accounting for approximately 42 percent of all cases of blindness in all nations. In the United States,...

May

Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of 2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award

Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the “2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health,” as the Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program...

May

Prevent Blindness Unveils New Brand Identity, Logo and Website

National non-profit to incorporate new look into forthcoming “Be a Visionary” campaign, designed to encourage support of its sight-saving programs Prevent Blindness announced today the...

May

2020 Bonnie Strickland Award Call for Nominations

Annual Award Recognizes Outstanding Efforts to Improve Eye Health Services for Children in the United States The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at...

May

New Educational Resources on Inherited Retinal Diseases, Importance of Genetic Testing and Services

Prevent Blindness declares Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Week, May 17-23, in effort to provide new educational resources to public In order to help patients...

Apr

Flattening the InAccessibility Curve

Prevent Blindness has partnered with organizations and companies in a collaborative project to collect data and information about the experiences of individuals who are blind...

Apr

Important Message to Eye Care Patients Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

CMS has issued a patient guide for beneficiaries seeking non-COVID care: Re-Opening America: What Patients Should Know About Seeking Healthcare For everyone’s health and safety,...

Feb

Meet Charlotte – A True Success Story

Charlotte is one of the many success stories that we receive each month from parents, nurses, and caregivers. We hear a similar story to hers...

Feb

Free Resources to Employers and Employees to Help Keep Vision Healthy

Prevent Blindness Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Help Protect Employee Vision According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 2000...

Feb

Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources on Uveitis and Keratitis for Rare Disease Day

Prevent Blindness provides free resources to the public, including fact sheets, an educational video and dedicated webpages to help save sight from Inflammatory Eye Disease,...