Educational campaign "Prevention of myopia in children" - Wrocław 2022
The Foundation for the Support of Ophthalmology Development 'OKULISTYKA 21', which conducts activities in the sphere of health protection and promotion and education in this area, from September 2022 launched an educational Campaign entitled 'Prevention of Myopia in Children', aimed at children attending kindergartens and primary schools and their parents or guardians residing in the City of Wrocław. The campaign is about the prevention of myopia and has [...]
Poznan fights myopia in children
The growing popularity of mobile devices and remote learning during the pandemic has put more and more children at risk of myopia. In order to prevent this, the City is joining a prevention campaign to help protect young Poznanians from this visual impairment. - It is estimated that around 45 per cent of young people in Europe have myopia," says Jędrzej Solarski, [...]
Screening of children in kindergartens
We have completed the first phase of sight screening for children in kindergartens and schools in Poznań and the surrounding area. As part of the pilot, we screened 180 children, and in the project, which has been running since May, we screened 425 children. In total, more than 600 children were screened! The examinations were carried out using a state-of-the-art photoscreening device, in a quick and non-contact manner, and most importantly [...]
