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A large crowd of people standing in a conference hall with a banner promoting the Africa Health Agenda International Conference.

Blogs / Health care /

The conference, in Rwanda, brought together more than 1,500 participants from all kinds of sectors, all working on ways of ensuring better health outcomes for everyone.

Fred Smith, March 2019

A close-up of two girls holding hands.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Disability ambassador Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame remembers Grace Preko, her friend, sister and role model who showed her there was life after blindness.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, March 2019

An old black and white photo shows two people standing on a vast mountain landscape covered in snow.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

The extraordinary story of a group of men with visual impairments from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in February 1969.

Maria Fsadni, February 2019

An eye health worker uses a torch while checking a man's eyes for trachoma.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sarah Bartlett discusses Sightsavers’ involvement in this milestone, what we’ve learned from the experience and the work that lies ahead.

Sarah Bartlett, September 2018

A five-year-old girl in Ethiopia has her eyes checked for trachoma.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper says we could be just years away from one of the greatest achievements in human health: ridding the world of trachoma.

Caroline Harper, April 2018

A young boy wearing a colourful face mask and a bright yellow jumper covers hish right eye with his hand during an eye test.

Blogs / Eye health /

In 2013 a devastating Ebola outbreak decimated Liberia's already fragile healthcare system. Yet during this period, Sightsavers continued to operate.

Imran Khan, August 2017

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers gap maps show where evidence exists, or there are ‘gaps’ in the evidence on cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and refractive error.

Bhavisha Virendrakumar, May 2017

Art student painting the Inclusive Eye Health mural in Bhopal.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Art students in Bhopal painted striking murals along the wall of a hospital to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Andrea Pregel, December 2016

A close-up of a researcher's hands as they write data onto a sheet of paper.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

How do we react when outcomes aren’t what we expect? The mystery of Cameroon’s Western Region sheds light on the process.

Sarah Bartlett, April 2016

A spoon is used to place two tablets into a child's hand.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

What do Evodia, Abena and Mariama all have in common? They’re three of the millions of women in the fight against infectious diseases of poverty.

Helen Hamilton, March 2016

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