Glaucoma awareness

World Glaucoma Week draws to a close tomorrow, and I hope this annual event continues to spread information about this common cause of blindness by encouraging across the board activities spreading awareness. Over the past few weeks we have run several features looking at screening for ocular hypertension and primary open angle glaucoma, as well as an article summarising current medical management of the disease.

Over the past couple of years there have been two interesting and significant developments in glaucoma world, both with strong UK links. I thought it might be timely to offer a recap of these as, despite a brief flurry of interest in the national press, both since received little publicity despite their potential significance in future glaucoma prevention.