Blogs Archives | Sightsavers

A lab scientist in Nigeria examines samples under a microscope.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers researchers are working to understand how we can care for women with female genital schistosomiasis, a devastating disease that affects millions of women in Africa.

Omosefe Osinoiki, June 2024

Patience from Liberia wearing her new glasses, whilst standing next to her mother, betty.

Blogs / Eye health /

A pair of glasses can be life-changing for someone with refractive error. That’s why we’ve joined the World Health Organization’s SPECS 2030 initiative.

Sumrana Yasmin, May 2024

A female researcher speaks to a woman about her experience of female genital schistosomiasis.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Our research on female genital schistosomiasis has shown the need to establish a safe environment for participants when studying sensitive topics.

Omosefe Osinoiki, April 2024

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Collaborating with disability groups has earned the Inclusive Futures consortium a Zero Project Award in 2024.

Johannes Trimmel, February 2024

Hortance stands alongside a man at a Sightsavers event stand.

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers’ Hortance Manjo shares insights from the event in Zambia, which highlighted eye health for the first time.

Hortance Manjo, January 2024

Blogs / Fighting disease /

The funding pledge is a huge step towards eliminating the diseases.

Phil Downs, December 2023

A mother and her young daughter hug and smile.

Blogs / Eye health /

Eye health has an impact on numerous Sustainable Development Goals, and has a ripple effect that improves gender equity, education, economic and health outcomes.

Fiona Lawless, December 2023

Ophthalmologist Alinafe uses a torch to check a man's eyes.

Blogs / Eye health /

Everyone will require eye care services at some point in life, but universal health coverage cannot be achieved unless everyone, wherever they live, has affordable access to the eye care they need.

Fiona Lawless, December 2023

Three women discuss gender-based violence at a workshop in Uganda.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Women and girls with disabilities face a higher risk of gender-based violence, yet they are often prevented from receiving support due to inaccessible services.

Lucy Muchiri, November 2023

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Roland Bougma shares what action needs to be taken to ensure the disease is eliminated as a public health problem globally.

Roland Bougma, November 2023

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Blogs

How our research could help more than 50 million women

If we have vision, we can transform universal access to spectacles

Why community collaboration is important in our research

The key to inclusive education is engaging organisations of people with disabilities

Six takeaways from the International Conference for Public Health in Africa

Expanding the Reaching the Last Mile Fund: a game-changer for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis

Going beyond health: the role eye care plays in the SDGs

Why eye health is crucial for universal health coverage

Collaborating to improve gender-based violence services

The world is making progress on eliminating lymphatic filariasis – yet we urgently need to finish the work

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all