#WorldGlaucomaWeek is a global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) in order to rai…

#WorldGlaucomaWeek is a global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) in order to raise awareness on glaucoma.

Through a series of engaging worldwide activities, patients, eye-care providers, health officials and the general public are invited to contribute to sight preservation.

The goal is to alert everyone to have regular eye (and optic nerve) checks in order to detect glaucoma as early as possible.

Think global, act local.

Each year, the World Glaucoma Week adopts a common theme, which is adapted to local conditions, and yet unifies our efforts.

To be effective, community awareness projects need to be relevant for the general population. That means they need to be based locally and thus, rely on individuals in each location to be actively involved, adopting the unifying global message into local culture.

Eliminate glaucoma blindness.

To eliminate glaucoma blindness, there are several issues that need to be addressed. Glaucoma usually gives no warning until it is advanced, but the damage it causes to vision is ongoing and could become irreversible.

Fortunately, for many patients treatment can halt the damage. That means the earlier the diagnosis, the more vision there is to save and the less likely the person is to become blind.

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