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The National Eye Institute (NEI) has made tremendous contributions to eye and vision research that have improved the quality of life for millions of Americans and helped to contain rising health care costs. You can learn more about the importance of adequate federally funded research and how eye and vision disease affects you, your family and your health care by checking out the following fact sheets and links.

Eye Facts

Research!America Vision and Blindness fact sheet, developed with NAEVR (March 2008)

The Silver Book: Vision Loss, a joint effort of NAEVR and The Alliance for Aging Research.

NAEVR Special Report to the White House Conference on Aging:  The National Eye Institute (NEI) Responds to the Growing Public Health Problem of Age-related Eye Disease (December 2005).

Improving The Nation's Vision Health: A Coordinated Public Health Approach, developed by the Centers for Disease Control

NEI Leads in Eye and Vision Research; Collaborative Research with other NIH Institutes and Federal Entities and the Private Sector (June 2005)

Vision Impairment and Eye Disease Is A Major Public Health Problem (March 2005)

Links To Other Sites

Glaucoma Fact Sheet (National Eye Institute, July 2006)

EyeHelp.uk, a United Kingdom-based website with a wealth of information on eye and vision issues.

The Economic Impact of Vision Problems: The Toll of Major Adult Eye Disorders, Visual Impairment and Blindness on the U.S. Economy (Prevent Blindness America)

2007 Report of the International Dry Eye WorkShop (DEWS)

Age-related Macular Degeneration Fact Sheet (National Eye Institute, July 2006)

Amblyopia Fact Sheet (National Eye Institute, July 2006)

Diabetic Retinopathy Fact Sheet (National Eye Institute, July 2006)

Progress in Eye and Vision Research 1999-2006 (PDF) (National Eye Institute, June 2006)

AMD Fact Sheet (AMD Alliance International)

Awareness of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Associated Risk Factors (AMD Alliance International)

Dry Eyes: A Hallmark Symptom of Sjögren's Syndrome (Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation)

Vision Problems in the U.S.: Prevalence of Adult Vision Impairment and Age-Related Eye Disease (Prevent Blindness America)