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International Glaucoma Association

Woodcote House
15 Highpoint Business Village
Henwood
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8DH

Tel: 01233 64 81 70
Web: www.glaucoma-association.com

Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness with one in fifty (1:50) people over 40 suffering from the condition. The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) offers advice and support by sending free patient literature and responding to hundreds of concerns and queries from sufferers every week. The IGA also creates greater public awareness of glaucoma and campaigns for improved glaucoma services. Furthermore it supports considerable clinical research into the nature and treatment of the disease. The IGA encourages early screening for glaucoma, especially those who are particularly at risk because they have relatives with this condition.

As an Association, the IGA sends out information booklets to sufferers because when they properly understand the disease they can co-operate much better in its treatment. The IGA are also happy to give information of a general nature about glaucoma by letter or telephone. The IGA has over 6,000 members and friends who each receive quarterly newsletters and invitations to meetings which are held all over the UK.

Checked: 3 Feb 2009

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