Statement by NEI Director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., on National Academies' report outlining public health strategies to promote and protect healthy vision for all Americans

Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) released “Making Eye Health A Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow.” The report culminates two years of in-depth analysis and discussion undertaken as a  consensus study on Public Health Approaches to Reduce Vision Impairment and Promote Eye Health .