The Second Annual “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week

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Prevent Blindness Declares May as Third Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off its 2026 Focus on Eye Health Webinar Series “Powering Partnerships to Advance Eye Health” in May
April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness, Aimed at Providing Women with Resources Needed to Help Save Vision
Prevent Blindness Declares First-Ever Keratoconus Week
Prevent Blindness Holds 2026 Person of Vision Award Gala, Honoring Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, as Part of Vision Expo
Prevent Blindness Debuts “Best Eyes for Life” National Multimedia Campaign as Survey Reveals Concerning Misconceptions on Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Offers Free Educational Resources to Employers and Employees for Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Third Annual Prevent Blindness Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week Kicks off as Part of its National ROP Education and Support Initiative
February is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Month
Congress Cuts Vision and Eye Health Funding by One-Third in Fiscal Year 2026
Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala
The “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign Rolls Out its Second Year

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Feb

The Second Annual “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Retinopathy of Prematurity Educational Resources to Parents and Professionals, Including Updated Fact Sheets, Web pages, and a New Video Series with...

Feb

2025 Jenny Pomeroy and Rising Visionary Awards Call for Nominations

Prevent Blindness Seeking Nominations for Two of the Nonprofit Organization’s Highest Honors Prevent Blindness is issuing the call for nominations for the “2025 Jenny Pomeroy...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness Provides a Wealth of Free Educational Resources on AMD, One of the Leading Causes of Vision Loss, and Materials on Low Vision, and...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Receives Transformative Legacy Gift of $9.7 Million

National Patient Advocacy Organization Prevent Blindness to Use Significant Gift to Invest in Long-term Strategic Growth and Expansion of its Eye Health Efforts Prevent Blindness...

Jan

2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala to be Held During Vision Expo East

Annual Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala, Held to Support its Sight-Saving Programs, to Honor Howard Purcell, O.D., New England College of Optometry, at...

Dec

Free Resources in Support of National Glaucoma Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness offers expert and patient videos, fact sheets, social media graphics, and webpages to raise awareness of glaucoma and to help educate the public...

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...