OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, LensCrafters, and local non-profit Frontline Response hosted the five-day charitable clinic.
Over 1 million EVO lenses have been implanted by doctors outside the U.S.
This global initiative is aimed to bring attention to the growing epidemic of myopia in children across the world.
The partnership will also see a boost to public awareness of the consequences of myopia.
Bausch + Lomb will pair BHVI's novel contact lens design with its leading contact lens technologies.
New findings from studies of contact lens wearers with dry eye were also presented.
Partnership aims to tackle the global Myopia epidemic.
Children as young as 7 'achieved optimal visual acuity.'
It will be presented by Prevent Blindness on Wednesday, July 15.
It will continue outreach to ECPs who have experience with pediatric populations and myopia management from May through July.
20 optometrists will soon begin fitting children as part of CooperVision’s approach.
The research comes from Flinders University in Australia.
The practices are in California, Florida, Michigan and Texas.
It includes practice & parent insights plus new clinical data.
World Council of Optometry and Brien Holden Vision Institute are collaborating to bring us Myopia Awareness Week, 13 – 19 May 2019.
The costs stem from lost productivity.
They’re reportedly prone to myopia.
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But it’s not clear whether the approach will work. Chinese authorities say they have a solution for the country’s growing myopia problem among youths: Limit access...
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