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Eye health

Four patients wait while socially distancing for their trauchoma surgery while wearing PPE and face masks.

Eye care and COVID-19: what we’ve learned during the pandemic

Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been to restart our work quickly and safely. Sightsavers staff reveal our how eye care programmes have evolved in the past 18 months.

A screengrab from Sumrana Yasmin and Mutave Mutemi video interview.

What do we mean by the global eye health crisis?

In an interview for World Sight Day 2021, Sumrana Yasmin, Sightsavers’ global technical lead for eye health, talks to Mutave Mutemi about her work, the global eye health crisis and how we all have a part to play in addressing it.

Sightsavers, October 2021
Safia has her eyes examined by a health worker to check for signs of trachoma.

Seeing clearly: five sight-saving stories in Benin

The Accelerate programme, supported by Sightsavers, aims to stop people going blind from trachoma. In Benin, five patients reveal how the programme has changed their lives.

A man sitting on a hospital bed is interviewed by a Sightsavers staff member.

‘Prevention is better than cure’: How social behaviour change prevents glaucoma blindness

The Keep Sight initiative shares its findings on how social behaviour change could address the problem of people losing their sight because of glaucoma.

Selben Penzin, September 2021
L'Occitane's 'Caring for Sight' gift boxes and products, displayed alongside a sketchbook with illustrations

L’Occitane supports Sightsavers with new gift boxes

To mark World Sight Day, L’Occitane has launched its ‘Caring for Sight’ collection, with €5 from every box sold supporting Sightsavers’ work in Bangladesh.

September 2021
Student Ariane smiles at her desk while wearing her new glasses.

Sightsavers refractive error strategy: tackling the world’s biggest cause of visual impairment

This new refractive error strategy, building on achievements to date, aims to accelerate access to, and use of, equitable and inclusive refractive services.

Sightsavers eye health strategy: achieving quality eye health services for everyone

Learn about Sightsavers’ plans to expand coverage of essential eye health services to ensure they are sustainable, resilient, and accessible and affordable to all.

Trachoma patient Maria Fonte gives Mercia a hug after the bandages are removed from her eyes following sight-saving surgery.

Research shows impact of Sightsavers’ work on eye health in Mozambique

Sightsavers has been working to strengthen eye health services in Mozambique since 2007. Now, new research shows exactly what we have achieved.

Mercia Cumaio, July 2021
A woman in Karachi, Pakistan having a consultation on diabetic retinopathy.

Diabetic retinopathy: a growing challenge in Pakistan

Pakistan is on the brink of a diabetes epidemic, and Sightsavers has spent the past decade working to combat diabetes-related blindness in the country. Here's what we've learned.

Sightsavers, June 2021
Mai Mai smiles with a patient as the sun shines behind them.

“An inspiring father is one who puts his family first”

To mark Father’s Day, we spoke to two fathers involved in Sightsavers projects to learn about their work and their favourite parts of being a parent.

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