World Council of Optometry and Brien Holden Vision Institute are collaborating to present Myopia Awareness Week, this week, May 13 – 19, 2019. Together they are inspiring action in caregivers to protect their children’s vision and changing the way optometrists understand and treat myopia.

“We know that almost half the world’s population will be myopic by the year 20501, with
nearly one billion people in the high myopia category. Myopia Awareness Week is about
getting people talking about myopia in homes and optometry practices around the
world,” stated WCO President, Dr Scott Mundle.