The Vision Health Initiative (VHI) promotes vision health and quality of life for all populations, through all life stages, by preventing and controlling eye diseases, eye injury, and vision loss resulting in disability. VHI, consists of a team in CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation, collaborated with diverse stakeholders to develop a coordinated public health framework to promote the nation’s vision health across the lifespan. The initiative achieves its mission by supporting the following three key activities:

• Assessment
• Application
• Action