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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

Eye health / Reports /

The landmark Caribbean Strategic Framework for Vision 2020: The Right to Sight (CSF) was developed in 2002 and later updated in 2009.

A women is walking up to the entrance of a building. Men stand around outside.

Stories / Eye health /

Sightsavers CEO Dr Caroline Harper visited Sierra Leone to see how health workers have coped since the Ebola virus.

A boy in Pakistan wears special spectacles during an eye test.

Eye health / Reports /

Sightsavers’ Pakistan Country Office developed a five-year project on child eye health in slum areas of five urban cities.

A mother and daughter hug after receiving cataract operations in India.

Eye health / Reports /

A presentation explaining Sightsavers' commitment to inclusive education for all, and existing government legislation on the issue.

Screenshot of Specsavers' online induction

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers has been chosen as one of three charity partners to be part of Specsavers’ new online staff induction.

February 2016

News / Eye health /

Dr Harper has been appointed a CBE in recognition of her services to people with visual impairments around the world.

December 2015

Rose looking at herself for the first time after cataract surgery.

Stories / Eye health /

Rose is 14 years old, and has been blind since she was a baby. We witness her reaction as she looks in the mirror and sees herself for the first time.

TV presenter and wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan with a group of people

News / Eye health /

On Channel 4’s Unreported World TV presenter and wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan saw the impact of Sightsavers-supported cataract operations.

October 2015

A group of cataract patients smile broadly after surgery.

Eye health / Reports /

The ‘Seeing is Believing’ (SiB) initiative is a global intervention aimed at tackling avoidable blindness in areas of high need.

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Eye health evidence gap maps

Delivering V2020 in the Caribbean: final report

Back from the brink: how Sierra Leone is recovering from Ebola

Pakistan Urban Paediatric Eye Care Programme: evaluation

Sightsavers' approach to inclusive eye health: presentation

Specsavers chooses Sightsavers as charity partner for new induction scheme

Sightsavers’ Caroline Harper named in New Year Honours

Watch as Rose sees herself for the first time after cataract surgery

Sightsavers on Channel 4’s Unreported World with Ade Adepitan

Kolkata Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Programme: end-of-term evaluation

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