The European Coalition for Vision (ECV) has written to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the chairs of key health EU and Commission committees to raise awareness about eye health issues following the pandemic. It called on MEPs to reassure citizens during the pandemic and encourage patients to seek help for eye and vision problems.

David Hewlett, President, European Coalition for Vision, also told MEPs that the coalition was still on course to promote several seminal publications on sight loss and self-reported eye and vision problems in Europe later this year. The communications are part of the 2020 Year of Vision initiative. These will include important new prevalence data for the UK.