Prevent Blindness applauds vision health funding in 2018 omnibus spending bill

Prevent Blindness is lauding the 2018 omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump last week for including increased funding to two CDC vision health programs.
The legislation increases funding for the Vision Health Initiative from $525,000 to $1 million and for the Glaucoma Project from $3.3 million to $4 million.
The Vision Health Initiative works to help states develop and implement effective surveillance systems, deploy evidence-based, cost-effective public health interventions, and reduce health disparities among those at high risk for vision loss, while

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