All Global Myopia Awareness Coalition Articles
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366Latest Myopia NewsTHE Myopia Meeting Brings Live Myopia Management Education to Canada
November 9, 2022 TORONTO – With Canada the first country to establish myopia management as the standard of care and offering more...
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429Latest Myopia NewsMyopia Management Gains Coverage in Mainstream Media
September 15, 2022 WASHINGTON D.C. — Myopia management is gaining mainstream media coverage with the recent publication of an article in The Atlantic. The...
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733Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Goes Global with Summer Staycation Campaign in the U.K.
August 24, 2022 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) is putting the “G” in GMAC by going global with...
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464Podcasts‘Up Close With’ Dr. Nathan Bonilla-Warford and Nitin Jain on GMAC’s Screen Staycation
July 27, 2022 Spending time outdoors can significantly benefit children’s vision. To encourage children to spend more time outside and less time...
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536Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Launches New Myopia Awareness Website
June 24, 2022 ST. LOUIS – Building on the success of previous social media campaigns, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has...
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422Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Appoints 2022 Board Members
May 20, 2022 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) announced the appointment of its Board for 2022, including...
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842Resources & Multimedia‘Up Close With’ Juan Carlos Aragón of CooperVision Specialty EyeCare
April 4, 2022 To find out what’s new with CooperVision Specialty EyeCare, particularly its growing list of orthokeratology materials and designs, Review...
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958Latest Myopia NewsTony Sommer Named General Manager, Americas, CooperVision Specialty EyeCare
March 15, 2022 SAN RAMON, Calif. — Tony Sommer, Jr. has been named General Manager, Americas at CooperVision Specialty EyeCare. Sommer will...
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1.0KEditor’s PerspectiveCongratulations, GMAC
March 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE What are leading ophthalmic companies and eye health associations doing to...
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2.6KKey IssuesGMAC’s Social Media Campaign Broadened My Reach Educating Patients and Parents
January 17, 2022 By Rupa Wong, MD I receive so many questions daily from parents, even other physicians, who are worried about...
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678ClinicalThe 2021 Year in Review for Myopia Management
sponsored content January 3, 2022 By Neal Wolff, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Vylmua This year, awareness and understanding of myopia...
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1.7KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC Launches New Myopia Management Social Media Campaign
December 6, 2021 ST. LOUIS – The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has launched a new myopia management public awareness campaign including...
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1.7KLatest Myopia NewsEssilor to Launch Stellest Lens and Myopia Management Resources in Canada
December 2, 2021 MONTREAL — Essilor announced that several myopia management solutions will become available in Canada in early 2022. This marks...
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2.8KLatest Myopia NewsParents Increasingly Seek Myopia Management Says GMAC’s Two-Year Study
October 21, 2021 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) conducted a study between 2019 and 2021 to get a...
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2.9KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC Announces Expansion with the Addition of IAPB
October 18, 2021 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) announced that it will be expanding into the public health...
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3.2KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC Releases First Results from ‘Little Kid License’ Campaign
September 20, 2021 ST. LOUIS — In August, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) launched “Little Kid License,” a social media campaign...
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2.4KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC Launches New ‘Little Kid License’ Myopia Campaign with Fun Video
August 10, 2021 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has launched a new myopia-focused social media campaign: “Little Kid...
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2.5KMarketing & PromotionHow To Market Myopia Management in a Retail Practice
June 15, 2021 By Glenda Aleman-Moheeputh, OD It’s vital for everyone who comes into the office to understand why myopia management is...
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1.2KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC and WCO Support BHVI’s Myopia Awareness Week
May 20, 2021 ST. LOUIS — Earlier this week, BHVI announced that May 24-28 will be Myopia Awareness Week: a week-long effort...
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4.1KResources & MultimediaMyopia Management Close-Up: Juan Carlos Aragón on GMAC
February 16, 2021 The new Chair of the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) is Juan Carlos Aragón, president of CooperVision Specialty EyeCare. Here...
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2.4KLatest Myopia NewsGlobal Myopia Awareness Coalition Elects 2021 Board of Directors
January 28, 2021 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has named its 2021 Board of Directors. The new...
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1.5KLatest Myopia NewsGlobal Myopia Awareness Coalition Launches Website
December 10, 2020 The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has launched its website here. The new GMAC website features the tabs “about...
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4.1KPodcastsMyopia Management Close-Up: Matt Oerding on GMAC’s #GameOverMyopia
Following news of the success of the recent Game On: Battling Myopia In Real Life social media campaign from the Global Myopia...
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3.7KLatest Myopia NewsGlobal Myopia Awareness Coalition Enlists Gaming Influencers to Spread Myopia Awareness
June 9, 2020 To teach parents about the importance of managing myopia in children, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition is turning to...
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6.2KClinicalMyopia Management in the Era of COVID-19
June 1, 2020 By Melanie Frogozo, OD In late 2019 a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its associated disease COVID-19, emerged in China...
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1.6KKey IssuesBattling Myopia at the Forefront
April 1, 2020 By Pamela Joyce Miller, OD, FAAO, JD, FNAP If you are like most of us during these challenging times...
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5.5KKey IssuesA Wake-up Call to the Long-term Threat of Myopia
Myopia progression is irreversible, so when this treatment window closes, the higher risk of vision loss remains for life.