Prevent Blindness Educates the Public on the Harmful Effect of UV Rays

2026

Prevent Blindness Expresses Profound Concern Over Impact of Medicaid “Community Engagement” and Eligibility Requirements on People with Progressive Vision Loss and Low Vision
Prevent Blindness Honors Bipartisan Leadership of Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Marc Veasey, with Congressional Visionary Award

2025

Prevent Blindness Analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1, or OBBBA) and its Impact on Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities
House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million
Prevent Blindness Responds to Proposed Cuts to Vision and Eye Health Surveillance and Programming at the CDC
Prevent Blindness Statement on House-Passed Legislation to Cut Medicaid Program
Prevent Blindness Applauds Reintroduction of Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act
Prevent Blindness and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Urge Continued Funding for Global Eye Health Programs
Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision

2024

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

2023

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FY 2023 funding includes $6.5M for CDC’s Vision & Eye Health Programs

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Prevent Blindness Educates the Public on the Harmful Effect of UV Rays

May is Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month Prevent Blindness has declared May as Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month to help educate the public on the dangers that UV...

Apr

Call for Nominations for the 2018 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

The Award recognizes significant efforts by an individual or group of individuals to improve public health for children’s vision. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2018. The award...

Apr

Seventh Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit

July 18, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A series of presentations will be conducted in...

Apr

Kira Baldonado Appointed Vice President of Public Health and Policy

Prevent Blindness has announced the appointment of Kira Baldonado as vice president of public health and policy, effective immediately. In this new position, she will...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Applauds Congress for Increasing FY18 Investments to CDC’s Vision Health Programs

As a result of Prevent Blindness advocacy in partnership with our affiliates, partners, and advocates across the country, Congress has increased spending to a number...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Appoints Jeff Todd as New President and Chief Executive Officer

Leader in Public Health and Policy to Take On Position at National Non-Profit Dedicated to Saving Sight Prevent Blindness announced today that Jeff Todd has...

Mar

Torrey DeKeyser Elected as Chairperson of the Prevent Blindness Board of Directors

Prevent Blindness has announced that Torrey DeKeyser, Executive Director of the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama (ESFA), has been elected as Chairperson of the Prevent Blindness...

Feb

Keeping Your Eyes Healthy at Work

March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month from Prevent Blindness Prevent Blindness has declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to provide employers and employees with...

Feb

#WhyEyeFight

BAUSCH + LOMB and the organization, Prevent Blindness® Encourage People to Fight for their Sight During February, AMD Awareness Month Campaign Encourages People to Share...

Feb

Bausch + Lomb and Prevent Blindness Encourage People to Fight for Their Sight During AMD Awareness Month

Campaign Encourages People to Share their #WhyEyeFight Stories to Bring Awareness to this Progressive Eye Disease BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey, (Feb. 6, 2018) – Bausch +...

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