Prevent Blindness Ohio has joined in support of July as Dry Eye Awareness Month to help educate the public and healthcare professionals on the eye disease that affects nearly 16 million Americans, according to the National Eye Institute.

Prevent Blindness Ohio has declared June as Cataract Awareness Month to provide patients and professionals with free educational resources on cataract, a clouding of the eye’s lens.

Prevent Blindness Ohio designated May as “Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month,” expanding its previous IRD and Genetic Testing Awareness Week initiative. 

Prevent Blindness Ohio (PBO) has declared April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month. According to Orbis International, globally there are 112 million more women than men living with vision loss, including blindness. PBO is offering free resources, including fact sheets, shareable social media graphics, educational videos and web pages, on a range of eye health issues that predominantly affect women.

Prevent Blindness Ohio has declared February as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month. The nonprofit group is offering a variety of free educational resources to the public and professionals, including fact sheets and social media graphics in English and Spanish, dedicated online resources and informative videos.

Prevent Blindness Ohio is once again participating in January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month to provide patients, care partners and professionals with a variety of helpful resources to educate about glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. 

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a report recently stating that there were an estimated 209,500 toy-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2022. Forty-seven percent of the estimated injuries were to the head and face area, the most commonly affected area of the body.