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2024

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

2023

Advocacy Action Alert: Protect Access to Sight-Saving Glaucoma Care!
Prevent Blindness and Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, DC to Host World Sight Day Congressional Briefing and Vision Screening Event
Prevent Blindness Encourages Advocates to “Love Your Eyes at Work” this World Sight Day 2023
Prevent Blindness urges enhanced role for vision and eye health in first major opportunity to change Older Americans Act program regulations since 1988
The Most Urgent Voice in Eye Research -The Patient’s
Prevent Blindness Statement on Texas Court Decision Regarding ACA Preventive Services
Prevent Blindness Eighteenth Annual “Eyes on Capitol Hill” Event
Prevent Blindness supports UN Special Envoy on Vision appointment

2022

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

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Jan

Investigator Award Applications Due by March 6

Prevent Blindness Announces Call for Applications For the 2015 Joanne Angle Investigator Award Annual Grant Provides Funding for Sight-Saving Research CHICAGO (Jan. 15, 2015)– Prevent...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Sponsors IOM Report

Prevent Blindness and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health Sponsor Institute of Medicine Report New Study Seeks to Provide Extensive Data and...

Jan

Children’s Eye Health Strategies Webinar

Prevent Blindness to Host Free Webinar on Recently Published Recommendations for Children’s Eye Health Strategies CHICAGO (Jan. 8, 2015) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest...

Dec

Cases and Costs of Glaucoma Projected to Soar

Prevent Blindness Study Projects Number of Cases and Costs Related to Glaucoma to Soar in Years to Come CHICAGO(Dec. 17, 2014) – According to...

Dec

New Recommendations for Vision Health Systems

National Expert Panel Provides Recommendations for Vision Health Systems for Preschool Age Children –Expert Panel to the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health...

Dec

New National Board Members

Prevent Blindness Adds Member, Appoints New Treasurer and Secretary to National Board of Directors Kevin Bakewell, Mary Blankenship Pointer and Torrey DeKeyser Take on...

Nov

Purchase Safe Toys for the Holidays

Help Keep Thousands of Children Out of the Emergency Room this Holiday Season by Purchasing Safe Toys and Gifts Consumers Should Check Their List Twice...

Nov

New Board Members

Prevent Blindness Elects Three New Members to National Board of Directors Andrew Alcorn, Dr. Chad Overman and Dr. R. Tracy Williams Join National Organization...

Oct

Diabetes Resources for Public Health Agencies

New Study Forecasts Number of Diabetic Eye Disease Cases to Reach Nearly 11 Million by 2032 -Prevent Blindness Calls on Public Health Agencies to Increase...

Oct

Vision Loss from Diabetes

New Survey Shows One in Five Adults Reports Knowing Someone Who has Lost or is Currently Losing their Eyesight to Diabetes -Prevent Blindness Warns Public...

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