Prevent Blindness Texas Provides Educational Resources, Materials and Support to Patients and Caregivers for January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month — Non-profit Group Seeks to Raise Awareness and Education of Glaucoma, A Leading Cause of Blindness that Can Affect Adults and Children — TX (January 1, 2022) – Prevent Blindness Texas is joining January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month
There is no question that inequities in access to healthcare exist. As a public health organization, our mission of preventing blindness and preserving sight can only be accomplished by first eliminating the barriers that far too many face with their access to healthcare. We know that federal and state budgets funding health programs to help our communities are
Prevent Blindness Texas provides free resources for January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month (January 2020) – According to estimates from the Prevent Blindness report, “Future of Vision: Forecasting the Prevalence and Costs of Vision Problems,” more than 3.2 million Americans ages 40 and over have glaucoma in the year 2020. The number is expected to increase
Prevent Blindness Texas Urges Consumers to Seek Expert Advice, Obtain a Prescription for all Contact Lenses An estimated 45 million people in the United States wear contact lenses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevent Blindness Texas has declared October as Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month to educate the public on
The event will take place on March 26, 2020, at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., in conjunction with Vision Expo East Prevent Blindness announced today that the 2020 Persons of Vision Award will go to VSP Global and its President and CEO Michael Guyette. All proceeds from the event will go to support the
According to the National Eye Institute, every 13 minutes an emergency room in the United States treats a sports-related eye injury. And, eye injuries are the leading cause of blindness in children in the United States, while most eye injuries among kids aged 11 to 14 occur while playing sports. Fortunately, many injuries may be
