To Stop Preventable Blindness in Children and Adolescents
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Light for Sight is uniting clinical institutions, research groups, patient organizations and the private sector, with a single focus: to eliminate severe visual impairment among all children and adolescents with keratoconus.
Our flagship program is “Light for Sight 21”, which aims to reduce severe visual impairment among children and adolescents with Down Syndrome – who have a very high prevalence of the disease.
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What we do
Outreach: To promote awareness among patient groups (and families)
Education: To improve (vision) healthcare professional awareness
Partners: To create a network of screening/treatment referral sites
Financing: To provide medical coverage for at-need patients
Research: To investigate, understand and treat the cause of keratoconus
Our latest Posts
Three forces combine to fight one disease
Swiss National “Future Day,” Light for Sight Foundation & World Keratoconus Day Thursday, November 8, 2018 was the Swiss National ...
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Patients with Down Syndrome have steeper and thinner corneas according to a new study
The Light for Sight Partner, Prof. Jorge L. Alio and colleagues have shown that special attention should be given to ...
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Privacy policy – Light for Sight Foundation
Data Protection law is changing on 25 May 2018 and as a not-for-profit foundation we need to be ready for ...
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12 Light for Sight partners on The Ophthalmologist top 100 most influential list
This is the third time The Ophthalmologist names the top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology. Congratulation ...
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New clinical model initiative to increase compliance levels during eye examinations
Zurich, March 21, 2018 The Light for Sight Foundation launches a new clinical model initiative intended to increase compliance levels ...
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Game-Changing Eye Surgery Restores Confidence in Special Olympian
Light for Sight partner J. Bradley Randleman MD PhD at the USC Roski Eye Institute treated James Caffrey, a Special ...
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