World Sight Day
Statement from Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, on World Sight Day, Oct. 8, 2009
On World Sight Day 2009, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, joins with groups around the globe to recognize vision as a public health priority. We at the NEI reaffirm our commitment to preventing and...
Posted on: 08/29/14 - 9:33 am
United States to Host World Sight Day Celebration October 10
More Americans than ever are facing the threat of blindness from age-related eye disease. More than one million Americans aged 40 and older are currently blind and an additional 2.4 million are visually impaired. These numbers are expected to...
Posted on: 08/29/14 - 9:33 am
National Eye Institute urges older Americans to protect their vision
Older people are at increased risk of several eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, and glaucoma. AMD can cause profound loss of central vision due to the breakdown of the eye's light-sensing cells in the...
Posted on: 07/14/14 - 3:49 pm