November Declared as Diabetes-related Eye Disease Month to Educate Public on Potential Impact of Vision Loss and Blindness from Diabetes
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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With the aging population and the significant increase in diabetes cases, the number of people living with diabetes-related eye disease continues to rise.
Key Points:
- With the aging population and the significant increase in diabetes cases, the number of people living with diabetes-related eye disease continues to rise.
- Prevent Blindness , the nation's oldest nonprofit eye health and safety organization, has declared November as Diabetes-related Eye Disease Month to provide the public with important information on the impact that diabetes can have on vision, and offer tools and programs to help prevent significant vision loss from the disease.
- Prevent Blindness has also developed the Diabetes & the Eyes Educational Toolkit with free materials on diabetes and the impact of diabetes on eye health in English and Spanish.
- These educational resources are intended for healthcare professionals, community health educators, diabetes educators, and those in a caregiving or diabetes education role.