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Samson Lokele poses next to his image in the Science Museum exhibition.

News / Fighting disease /

Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries is the world’s largest medical gallery and will be on display for at least 30 years.

November 2019

A male Tropical Data trainer shows female trainee how to identify what trachoma follicles would look like by using small, circular, red stickers with five white dots on their thumbs.

News / Fighting disease /

More than 700 surveys to track levels of blinding trachoma have been completed globally in the past year as part of the Tropical Data initiative.

October 2019

A still from the My legacy video, showing a woman holding her dog.

News / Fundraising /

Sightsavers is joining more than 60 Irish charities taking part in the event, encouraging supporters to make a will and consider leaving a gift to charity.

October 2019

Three women posing together with smiles.

News / Eye health /

To mark World Sight Day 2019 on 10 October, Sightsavers country offices celebrated by highlighting the need to provide good-quality eye care to everyone.

October 2019

News / Eye health /

Before the Sightsavers eye health programme in the Sundarbans started, one in every 40 people over the age of 50 in the region was blind. Today, that number has dropped to one in 80.

October 2019

Two women and five small children stand outside their home.

News / Eye health /

In northern Kenya, Sightsavers’ Sarah Filbey visits an eye camp that treats both trachoma and cataracts, ensuring everyone gets the life-changing help they need.

October 2019

News / Eye health /

The accolades, awarded by the IAPB, recognise eight young and upcoming leaders who are making a difference in eye health.

October 2019

$A box of lenses used to check for refractive errors during an eye exam.$

News / Eye health /

The statistics feature in the World Health Organization's first World Report on Vision, published ahead of World Sight Day.

October 2019

Eye surgeon Upendo performs a cataract operation.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers is launching a three-year programme to provide quality eye care to rural populations in the Morogoro and Singida regions.

October 2019

News / Disability and inclusion /

A survey of civil society organisations, co-edited by Sightsavers, is being published this week during the Sustainable Development Goals summit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

September 2019

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Sightsavers’ pioneering work is showcased in new Science Museum exhibition

Huge increase in Tropical Data surveys means more people are checked for trachoma

Sightsavers encourages supporters to make a will for My Legacy Month

How Sightsavers celebrated World Sight Day

Sightsavers and partners help to halve blindness cases in remote Indian Sundarbans

“That lady who was going blind? Look at her now!”

Sightsavers Mozambique’s Mercia Cumaio named Eye Health Hero

New figures show more than a billion people have avoidable vision impairment

Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania

Civil society survey finds mixed results on SDGs progress

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