The World Council of Optometry and CooperVision Partner to Define and Promote a Standard of Care to Treat Myopia Progression
Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to share with you that the World Council of Optometry has entered into a global partnership with CooperVision to raise awareness of myopia progression and encourage optometrists to embrace a standard of care to manage the condition. You can read our announcement of the partnership by clicking here. The press release is attached along with translations in Arabic, Chinese (HK & SG), English (GB), French, and Spanish (ES & MX) to facilitate your distribution to members and colleagues.
Despite the increased prevalence, growing severity, detrimental impacts on visual health and proven treatments, a standard of care to apply methods to stem myopia progression does not exist. As a global organization committed to promoting eye health and vision care, WCO is proud to take an active leadership role to define and promote a standard of care that will be centered around evidenced-based approaches without bias toward any particular treatment methodologies.
CooperVision has been a leader in the myopia management category over the past decade. Our partnership will establish a global resource to include multi-lingual myopia management resources, programming, and other elements to increase access across certain sectors and countries in support of the global optometry community.
In order for our efforts to have a positive impact on the billions of people affected by myopia, we need your help. We are asking you to make the treatment of myopia progression a top priority within your regions, associations and practices. As we work together to share our collective knowledge and best practices, we will make significant progress to address this widespread epidemic facing the global optometry profession. I look forward to sharing more about this exciting partnership over the weeks and months to come.
Sincerely,
Paul Folkesson
President
World Council of Optometry
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