165 Organizations Send Letter to Key Public Health Leaders In a recent letter to key public health leaders, 165 organizations across the vision and eye health community joined their voices to share their concern that vision data was not included in a new initiative aimed at assisting cities and local health departments to better understand
Award Recognizes Outstanding Efforts to Improve Eye Health Services for Children in the United States The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has issued the call for nominations for the third annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award.” The Award recognizes significant efforts by an individual or group
Prevent Blindness presented Marge Axelrad, senior vice president, editorial director at Vision Monday/Jobson Optical Group, with the 2017 Person of Vision Award. Marge Axelrad with Marc Ferrara, Jobson Medical Information, Person of Vision committee chair. Photo credit: John Calabrese. The award was given on March 30, 2017, at the Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Dinner at
Prevent Blindness Announces the Sixth Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit Prevent Blindness will hold the sixth annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Summit will include a variety of presentations related to this
As More Women than Men Have Eye Disease, Prevent Blindness Urges Women to Make Their Vision a Priority Today -Prevent Blindness Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month to Educate Public on Ways to Protect Vision- More women than men have eye disease, including age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and glaucoma. According
In a letter to the newly confirmed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, Thomas Price, Prevent Blindness urges the secretary to prioritize adult and children’s vision health in consideration of the $145 billion spent on vision problems in the U.S. annually. Following is the complete text of the letter. March 2017
As part of its ‘See America’ initiative, Allergan is working with Prevent Blindness to sponsor vision screening events across the country. Prevent Blindness and Allergan (NYSE: AGN), a global leader in eye care for nearly 70 years, have embarked on a joint effort to promote healthy vision. As part of their recently launched ‘See America’ initiative, Allergan
Andy Davis, Charles Garcia, Dr. Theodore Gillette, Dr. Stephanie Marioneaux and Patrick McDermott Join Board of National Non-profit Group Prevent Blindness has announced that Andy Davis, COO of Bouchard Insurance; Charles Garcia, EVP, Director of Treasury Management, Associated Bank, N.A.; Dr. Theodore Gillette, President & CEO, I2, LLC.; Dr. Stephanie Marioneaux; and Patrick McDermott,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone: 800-301-2020 ext.105 E-mail: [email protected] Prevent Blindness and Rudolph/Libbe Group honor St. Luke’s Hospital and Dan Wakeman with the 2017 People of Vision Award TOLEDO, OH (March 8, 2017) – The Ohio Affiliate of Prevent Blindness and Rudolph/Libbe Group are pleased to announce that
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Educate on Ways to Protect Vision on the Job Prevent Blindness Texas, has declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to provide employers and employees with free information on the dangers of blue light, digital devices and vision, and eye injury prevention in order
