The Glaucoma Foundation is dedicated to developing a cure for glaucoma through innovative research, collaboration and education. Our goal is to eradicate blindness caused by glaucoma.
Educate yourself on the eye and how it works, diagnosing glaucoma, exfoliation syndrome, and glaucoma treatments.
People deal differently with their glaucoma diagnosis and the reality of living with a chronic disease.
Read their stories.
The Glaucoma Foundation has been funding groundbreaking glaucoma research for over 30 years.
June 8, 2020
Glaucoma is a disease that affects different ethnic groups in different ways. People of African descent develop the disease at about four times the rate of people of European ancestry. While we understand there are biological reasons for these disparities, we recognize that our well-being is profoundly impacted by our economic health, our access to services, our level of stress.
We recognize that each person’s experience is unique.
We support better access to diagnosis and treatment.
We laud the many physicians who are practicing patient-centric care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values.
We stand in solidarity with Black communities and with all our constituencies seeking equality and justice.
Since it’s founding in 1984, The Glaucoma Foundation has never wavered from its principle mission: to fund cutting edge glaucoma research and to educate the public about glaucoma, its diagnosis, and its treatment. The support of individuals like you has provided us with the resources to deliver on this mission.
