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DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Prevention Programs Available

Healthy Vision 2010 is a program with a goal to reduce visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy. Using baseline statistics that 45.9 per 1,000 persons aged 18 years and older with diabetes had trouble seeing and diabetic retinopathy in 2002 they created a target goal to decrease this number to 40.9 per 1,000 persons 18 years and over who have diabetes. ²⁶
Other organizations supporting this cause include:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Association of Diabetes Educators
• American Diabetes Association (ADA)
• American Optometric Association
• AWARE (Associates for World Action in Rehabilitation and Education)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• EyeCare America
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
• Lighthouse International
• Lions Clubs International
• Lions Clubs International Foundation
• Maryland Society for Sight
• National Association for Visually Handicapped
• National Eye Institute (NEI)
• Prevent Blindness America

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