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

Prevent Blindness Declares TED Awareness Week 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....

Nov

Prevent Blindness Names Jim McGrann Chair, Adds New Board Members

Jim McGrann, CEO of PECAA, Officially Appointed Chair of the Prevent Blindness Board of Directors, While Susan A. Primo, OD, MPH, FAAO, Emory Eye Center,...

Nov

New study finds higher AMD prevalence & high county variation

New study from leading researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Michigan, and the Centers...

Nov

PB Revamps, Expands its “Living Well With Low Vision” Online Resource

Living Well With Low Vision Has Been Redesigned and Updated to Better Serve the Millions of People with Low Vision, their Caregivers, and Healthcare Professionals...

Oct

Prevent Blindness resources for Diabetes Eye Disease Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness Offers Videos, Fact Sheets, Social Media Graphics and PowerPoint Presentations to Educate Public on the Potential Effects that Diabetes May Have on Vision According to...

Oct

World Sight Day event by Prevent Blindness & Horizon at Soldier Field

Prevent Blindness and Horizon Therapeutics plc, will be hosting a free vision screening and eye health educational event on World Sight Day. World Sight Day,...

Sep

Screening & Eye Health Event by PB & Horizon near Wrigley Field

WHEN: Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. CT WHERE: Gallagher Way, 1060 W Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613 Prevent Blindness and...

Sep

October is Contact Lens Safety Month at Prevent Blindness

Prevent Blindness, Urges Public to Use Contact Lenses Safely to Help Avoid Painful Eye Health Issues and Vision Loss Prevent Blindness has declared October as...

Sep

Dr. Donny W. Suh of UC Irvine receives Children’s Vision Award

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

Sep

Prevent Blindness & MedLive Offer Free Diabetic Macular Edema Webinar

Prevent Blindness and MedLive, an online education platform dedicated to providing reliable health information that supports shared decision-making with care teams and improved health outcomes,...

Sep

PB & Prevention of Blindness Society World Sight Day on Capitol Hill

On Wed., Sept. 21, Prevent Blindness, and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, held the first World Sight Day Vision Screening and Eye...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Declares Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness to Provide Educational Information, Raise Awareness of Various Inflammatory Eye Diseases to Promote Early Detection and Treatment to Help Save Sight Prevent Blindness,...