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Sightsavers' BLINK exhibition in London, featuring the BLINK logo and the Sightsavers logo.

Sightsavers' BLINK exhibition scoops multiple awards

One year after it was exhibited, Sightsavers’ innovative photography exhibition BLINK has won another prestigious award.

December 2020
Illustration of a health worker helping a patient.

Researchers: See the people behind the numbers

Neglected tropical disease programmes need to focus on people, not just count disease prevalence, say Sightsavers researchers.

December 2020
A man wearing a protective mask presents in front of a blackboard next to a dose poleivers training to antibiotics distributers in a classroom at Government Day Secondary School, Jigawa State

Accelerate: the story of 2020

The Accelerate programme has reached the end of a year like no other. Through a global pandemic, we’ve innovated and adapted our trachoma work to keep on track.

December 2020
A man has his temperature checked before participating in a Tropical Data trachoma survey.

Surveys for advanced trachoma resume in Burkina Faso

More than 20,000 people are to be screened in the first surveys since NTD programmes were put on hold because of COVID-19.

December 2020
A woman holding a microphone giving a presentation.

Sightsavers' Joy Shu’aibu named an Inspiring Communicator

Sightsavers’ director for programme operations, Joy Shu’aibu, has been named an Inspiring Communicator for 2020.

December 2020
A man holds up a poster to community members during a COVID awareness campaign.

How NTD programmes helped prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Liberia

The Ascend West and Central Africa programme partners helped Liberia respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Here, we tell how.

December 2020
A woman standing by a brick wall holds a sign reading #EqualUN.

UN disability committee achieves historic gender parity milestone

Five women have been elected to the UN CRPD committee, answering Sightsavers’ Equal World campaign call for more diversity and gender equality.

December 2020
Patients at the community health centre wait to be examined.
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November 2020 updates: highlights from around the world

Following rigorous safety measures, we have been able to restart our work fighting disease and saving sight all over the world.

November 2020
A school-aged boy has his height measured to receive deworming treatment during a school based mass drug administration.

Sightsavers ranked as a top charity by GiveWell for fifth year in a row

The charity evaluator has once again praised Sightsavers’ deworming programmes in Africa for their cost-effectiveness and transparency.

November 2020
A small child receives his annual dose of medication to protect him from trachoma.

Sightsavers’ director joins Lancet Commission on COVID-19

Sightsavers’ director of neglected tropical diseases, Simon Bush, has joined a new international COVID-19 task force set up by The Lancet.

November 2020