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Community designated distributors in Kaduna State, Nigeria pose for a photo outside the local health centre.

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The UNITED programme has now come to an end, and has taught us numerous lessons that will inform future integrated neglected tropical disease programmes.

Safiya Sanda, April 2019

A sightsavers 4x4 crosses a rickety bridge over a river in River Sess County, Liberia.

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Lincoln Gankpala, from the Liberian Ministry of Health, shares his experience of treating river blindness before, during and after the devastating Ebola outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.

An eye health team on motorbikes travel across a dusty remote landscape dotted with trees and huts.

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Sightsavers’ Jo Howard travels across rural Tanzania with an eye health team to see how far they must go to treat trachoma in the most remote communities.

A group of volunteers sit around a table in a village in Nigeria.

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Nigeria carries around 25 per cent of Africa’s NTD burden. However, progress is being made and research is playing a key role in helping to eliminate the diseases.

James Yashiyi Nuphi, March 2019

A group of children in Ghana smile and wave at the camera.

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In June 2018 Ghana officially became trachoma-free, showing how your kind donations make a real difference.

Zuhara from Tanzania stands outside her primary school

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With your support, we're determined to eliminate trachoma in Tanzania by 2020, saving sight and transforming lives.

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

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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

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Dr Caroline Harper's TED Talk, in which she laid out an ambitious plan to eliminate trachoma, has been chosen as the day’s top pick.

June 2018

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Ghana has become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa and the Commonwealth to eliminate trachoma, as validated by the World Health Organization.

June 2018

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

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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

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Learning to adapt: what the UNITED programme has taught us

Liberia five years on: saving sight in the aftermath of Ebola

Reaching Ruangwa: an epic journey to help save sight

Putting learning into practice: using research to reach people at risk of NTDs in Nigeria

Ghana waves goodbye to trachoma

Eliminating trachoma in Tanzania

What we’ve learned from trachoma elimination in Ghana

Trachoma talk from Sightsavers’ CEO named ‘TED of the Day’

Trachoma is eliminated in Ghana

What if we eliminated one of the world’s oldest diseases?

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