Healthy Vision Month — May 2019

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Description:
  May is Healthy Vision Month, an annual observance dedicated to making vision and eye health a national priority. During this month, CDC’s Vision Health Initiative (VHI) in the Division of Diabetes Translation joins with the National Eye Institute’s National Eye Health Education Program to educate the public about preventing vision loss and promoting eye health. Almost 3.22 million U.S. persons are affected by vision impairment, which can be associated with social isolation, disability, and decreased quality of life (https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/risk/burden.htm).
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Cover Box
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 68(20):453
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6532952
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Healthy Vision Month
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  20
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da65261daf6ee0fdb750d2c81cc56edb0bd149e3d1e7d480d8a8e70fe52fa85638de61d8ba62ac43d58eacb951c53182135c270d8264bae762f9171402bf1848
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78856/cdc_78856_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 111.76 KB ]