National Eye Institute
type: Concept
definition: The National Eye Institute (NEI) is one of twenty-seven United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) established by Congress; the NEI was created by Public Law 90–489 in 1968. It was formed to protect and prolong the vision of people living in the United States by preventing, diagnosing and treating eye diseases and conditions, NEI's April 1975 report, Vision Research Program Planning, was perhaps the country's first comprehensive vision assessment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; National Eye Institute (NEI)]
broader: National Institutes of Health
broader: society and health

National Institutes of Health
type: Concept
narrower: National Eye Institute

society and health
type: Concept
narrower: National Eye Institute

organizations
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: National Eye Institute