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url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/national-eye-institute'
title: 'National Eye Institute '
author:
  name: hia-admin
  url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/user/1'
date: '2018-06-08T14:37:19+00:00'
updated: '2018-10-01T19:08:33+00:00'
type: resource
summary: 'As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute conducts and supports research, training, '
published: true
---
##  [National Eye Institute](/tools-and-tips/national-eye-institute)

As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind.

[www.nei.nih.gov](http://www.nei.nih.gov)