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Protect Your Eyes at Work! | March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month at Prevent Blindness. Our goal is to provide employers and employees with important information to help keep eyes safe and healthy at work. Prevent Blindness offers a variety of free resources including workplace eye safety fact sheets, shareable social media graphics, and webpages. Prevent Blindness also offers a Workplace Safety module as part of its Healthy Eyes Educational Series. |
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“Digital Eye Strain,” also referred to as “Computer Vision Syndrome,” is a group of symptoms experienced when using computers or other digital devices for long periods of time, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Symptoms may include dry eyes and/or irritated eyes, blurred or double vision, tearing or watery eyes, and headache.
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Introducing the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast | |
Hosted by advocate Christopher Hord, each monthly half-hour episode of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast features helpful information of interest to those who want to maintain healthy vision and eye health, the blind and low vision community, healthcare professionals, care partners, policymakers and allies. We’ll provide regular updates on the programs and sight-saving services of Prevent Blindness. | |
Join us for the 2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit, a groundbreaking gathering of leaders in public health, eye care, and government sectors. This year’s theme, Perspectives in Vision, emphasizes the need for a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to addressing eye health challenges in an evolving world. | |
About the Event
The Summit will bring together professionals, policymakers, patient advocates, and innovators to exchange ideas, share experiences, and forge strategies to promote equitable access to vision care. Through dynamic keynote presentation, panel discussions, and interactive coffee chats, attendees will explore topics such as:
- Innovations in vision care and technology
- Public health strategies to reduce preventable blindness
- Policy frameworks to integrate eye health into broader healthcare systems
- Local to global approaches to ensuring access to quality eye care
- Personal stories from patients and caregivers to deepen insights into eye health
By uniting diverse perspectives, this event aims to inspire actionable solutions to improve vision health outcomes for communities worldwide. Together, let’s shape the future of vision for all.
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The 2025 Person of Vision Dinner Honors Howard Purcell, O.D. |
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Prevent Blindness Board of Directors Chair Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Committee Chair Maureen Cavanaugh, Advancing Eyecare, and 2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Honoree,
Dr. Howard Purcell, New England College of Medicine
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Prevent Blindness presented the 2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award, to Howard Purcell, O.D., F.A.A.O., president and CEO, New England College of Optometry (NECO), as part of our annual Person of Vision gala on February 19, in conjunction with Vision Expo East in Orlando, Fla.
The Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award recognizes an individual, corporation and/or organization whose inspired outlook champions healthy vision and its importance for a healthy life. The gala raised more than $300,000. All proceeds go to support the sight-saving programs of Prevent Blindness.
EssilorLuxottica served as the event's Platinum sponsor.
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The Prevent Blindness ASPECT Program– Advocacy, Support, Perspective, Empowerment, Communication, and Training–engages and empowers individuals to become effective advocates for vision and eye health. | |
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Support Vision and Eye Health Policies
Sign up to receive Prevent Blindness action alerts and advocacy newsletters. You’ll learn about important federal policies and initiatives and how to make your voice heard to increase attention to eye and vision health.
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What You Need to Know About Clinical Trials
Learn more about finding and participating in clinical trials for eye diseases and vision.
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