Prevent Blindness

This week is Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week! Prevent Blindness is providing GA fact sheets, available in English in Spanish! Visit https://lnkd.in/gmK3WKpp for our resources. GA Awareness Week is supported by funding from Apellis Pharmaceuticals.

#GivingTuesday is tomorrow. Millions of children and adults are living with undetected vision problems jeopardizing their safety and success at school and work. This #GivingTuesday, you have the power to make a difference and provide the gift of sight to those in need. Become a sight-saver at https://lnkd.in/gRGsFBGv!

#GivingTuesday is tomorrow. Millions of children and adults are living with undetected vision problems jeopardizing their safety and success at school and work. This #GivingTuesday, you have the power to make a difference and provide the gift of sight to those in need. Become a sight-saver for Prevent Blindness at https://lnkd.in/gEyMRV92!

Prevent Blindness declares Dec. 2-8, 2024, as its fourth annual Geographic Atrophy (GA) Awareness Week! GA is an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This year’s GA Awareness Week is supported by funding from Apellis Pharmaceuticals. https://lnkd.in/gAhPSHsk.

Happy Thanksgiving from Prevent Blindness! We’re giving thanks for the gift of sight.

Thank you, Ophthalmology Breaking News, for including Prevent Blindness in the "Top 10 Organizations Making a Difference in Eye Health!"

Next Tuesday, December 3, is #GivingTuesday! You can be a sight-saver by making a gift to Prevent Blindness on this special day of giving. Invite your friends and family to join you in saving sight this #GivingTuesday. https://lnkd.in/gRGsFBGv

November is Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness! Thanks to Dr. Sandra Block, Premilla Banwait OD MPH FAAO, and Dr. Rajeev Ramchandran, for sharing their thoughts about the important role that eye doctors play in helping to save sight from #diabetes. Eye Doctors Weigh in on How Exams, Education Impact Eye-Health Outcomes in Diabetics- Vision Monday Magazine https://lnkd.in/g6JGeb6Q #eyehealth #eyecare World Council Of Optometry, Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, UnitedHealthcare

Thank you to our donors whose support is ensuring that children get the vision care they need to thrive. Hear from Bridget about her son’s experience seeing the world clearly for the first time after getting glasses. Your generosity makes stories like this possible and reminds us why our work is so vital. https://lnkd.in/gruWSa9K

Prevent Blindness partners with Association of Clinicians for the Underserved to improve integration of vision services into Community Health Centers!