Get involved in World Glaucoma Week

As Optician readers will be well aware, the term glaucoma covers a group of eye diseases that cause damage to the optic nerve. If left undiagnosed, visual damage will likely irreversibly worsen and may lead to blindness.

Millions of people worldwide are blind due to glaucoma and the expectation is that this number will rise rapidly in the years ahead. For those interested in communicating the importance of catching glaucoma in its early stages to patients (especially high-risk first degree relatives of existing sufferers) via regular eye tests, World Glaucoma Week is a great opportunity. There will be a multitude of events across the world from March 10 to 16 that you and your practice can add to. All the information you need is below but first Professor Ivan Goldberg, chair of the World Glaucoma Week committee writes: