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Jun

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 Urges Public to Celebrate Independence Day Safely by Avoiding Fireworks, Attending Authorized Displays by Professionals Prevent Blindness has declared June 28-July 4, 2024,...

Jun

Prevent Blindness to Hold 16th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas

Prevent Blindness has announced that the 16th Annual Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight golf outing will take place on Wed., Sept. 18, 2024, at the Bali...

May

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

Prevent Blindness provides free cataract resources to patients and professionals including fact sheets, social media graphics, a dedicated web page and expert video Prevent Blindness...

May

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

10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award recognizes significant efforts by an individual or group of individuals to improve public health approaches for...

May

Prevent Blindness Offers New Resources for Education and to Raise Awareness for Stargardt Disease

Prevent Blindness provides free resources on Stargardt disease, including a webpage, fact sheets, expert interview video and social media graphics, to educate the public and...

May

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

New “It Started with an Eye Exam” campaign from Prevent Blindness asks public to share how eye care services and exams improved their vision and...

May

Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health

Prevent Blindness urges House and Senate to quickly pass “Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act” to improve access, diagnosis, and treatment for kids...

May

Prevent Blindness to Host the 2024 ASPECT Patient Engagement and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Three-day event brings together patients, care partners, and public health champions to advance the goals of the Prevent Blindness ASPECT (Advocacy, Support, Perspective, Empowerment, Communication,...

May

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 will host the 13th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit on July 10-11, 2024, as a virtual interactive event. The theme...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and the Rising Visionary Award

Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health as Mission for Vision (MFV). Erica...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Declares May as First-ever Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness expands IRD and genetic testing awareness initiative to educate patients on various forms of IRDs, and the importance of genetic testing to confirm...

Mar

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

As more women than men have eye disease and unique vision issues, Prevent Blindness provides free resources including webpages, fact sheets and expert videos to...