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Vision: Our Vision is Simple, its Simply To Save People's Sight
KC Global™ is The International Keratoconus Foundation, Supporting Keratoconus Research, Education, Advocacy, and Service. Our Mission
Our mission is to eliminate Keratoconus (KC) as a health issue. We attempt this through our Global Network which is totally patient-led. Our belief is that it is only through the open, free exchange of ideas that change can really be brought about. It is our hope that the support network will "take on a life of its own" and, therefore, be able to point us to the answers. Great strides have already been made by many of our members; you are most welcome to join the team.
 In pursuit of excellence in Safety, Quality & Teamwork. Mission Accomplished:
Our mission to reduce the numbers having full thickness corneal transplants (the traditional Penetrating Keratoplasty) through education before 2007, for the Keratoconus community is now happening very quickly. This is due to the increasing use of alternative treatment methods to avoid the need for one. This is a great achievement as this was our aim, and so our next mission is to eliminate Keratoconus as a health issue. History An alliance of International patients and professionals founded KC Global in 2001 in response to having no information or mis-information about our eye condition, and also due to having no support available to make informed choices.
In 2004 the alliance created KC Freedom (Our Global Committee) to pool together every known fact about Keratoconus in to one place, so that we could “join up the dot’s” internationally. This was a great success as it increased our members (both patients and professionals) knowledge so we could tackle this Keratoconus menace. This helped members of our Global Keratoconus community to be the first to get their vision back with the use of modern, technically advanced, less invasive treatment options by utilizing the support network we had created in the wake of this investigation. We have the first members who are now out of the "Keratoconus hell" they where in, with them now having stable permanent vision. We have many who are now enjoying vision which they could not have dreamed about before, when before they met us they only had more invasive treatments to fall back on. Our pioneering spirit helped to “explode” the interest in these much needed less invasive treatments. We turned this around as these treatments are now global, and also at the same time exposed the truth about Keratoconus.
Serving those who need us the most throughout the world to live with out the fear of the future, is what we do. From our efforts the organization operates, with the help of members, in over 120 countries, and with a Global Freedom forum which has reached so far in traffic activity levels in excess of One Million.
We estimate there are in total more than 30 million known and unknown keratoconus patients in the world. Reputation:
KC Global is a unique global alliance of experts representing patients of all nationalities across all stages of vision and promoting patient-centered healthcare around the world.
Our Global Keratoconus Scientific Committee are expert patients and professionals who where the first to put together the largest and most important research ever to be conducted for Keratoconus and its treatment, with there now being finally a treatment for Keratoconus when there was nothing before.
The end result to this being, KC Global having the first to have members who have their vision back without the need for invasive traditional “treatments”, and the drawbacks with them which our members did not want.
Our members are International patients and professionals working at international, regional, national and local levels to represent and support the Keratoconus community to accomplish our mission.
Our achievements: Our International Networking Partners have contributed greatly to our Keratoconus community’s right to live with out fear for their vision. Through the teamwork of these partners KC Global continues implementing Best Practices through out the world. These programs have been cited for their high-quality of care that produces consistent, positive and sustainable outcomes.
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