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Prevent Blindness America launches program on children's vision, eye health
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CHICAGO — Prevent Blindness America has established the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health with a multi-year grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the organization announced in a press release.
The new program is designed to help advance and promote children's vision and eye care by providing leadership development, health promotion, education and training to public and private sectors throughout the United States.
As part of the first phase of the initiative, Prevent Blindness America organized a National Expert Panel, a team of leading professionals in ophthalmology, optometry, pediatrics and other related fields. The panel, chaired by Shirley Russ, MD, MPH, clinical professor of pediatrics, health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, will recommend strategies for developing a public health infrastructure that ensures early detection and continued vision care for children.
"The National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health was created to assist the more than 12 million school-age children who have some form of vision problem," Hugh R. Parry, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness America, said in the release. "This unique initiative is bringing together some of the brightest minds in the field of vision and public health to help protect the precious gift of sight for our kids."
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