Know The Glow ®
Know the Glow is a global nonprofit leader in identifying preventable glow-related childhood eye diseases.
We empower parents to see their child’s vision in a new light by raising awareness about The Glow (medically known as leukocoria) and encouraging them to make sure their young children receive comprehensive eye exams by an eye specialist.
When caught early, more than 80% of all childhood blindness is preventable.
80% of the time a parent
or family member is the
first to identify “The Glow”
in a child’s eye.
80% of all childhood blindness is
preventable or curable.
1 in 80 children may show the glow
before age nine.
Glow Videos
Glow Identification
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Diseases common to “The Glow”:
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The Whitathon
It is hard to believe that in a country of one billion people, at least 25%- 30% of the retinoblastoma cases each year in India find their way to Dr. Swathi Kaliki at the world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad. Dr. Kaliki is an ophthalmologist specializing in ocular oncology and her passion for… Read more »
Welcome to Poorvi Saxena!
Know The Glow is proud to highlight the work of Poorvi Saxena from Pune, Maharashtra, India. Poorvi is a 2nd year Bachelors of Optometry student studying in Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Medical College School of Optometry in Pune. She is interested in pediatric optometry and is looking forward to working with various organizations to expand… Read more »
Raising Awareness!
Dr. Clare Gilbert, Mr. Richard Bowman and Dr. Aeesha Malik have been diligently working to increase global awareness and early detection of blinding and even potentially deadly childhood eye diseases (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820629/). Based in London, their collective reach spans the globe from Latin America across Asia to India and Tanzania working to improve child eye… Read more »