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.
In 2013 a devastating Ebola outbreak decimated Liberia's already fragile healthcare system. Yet during this period, Sightsavers continued to operate.
Sightsavers gap maps show where evidence exists, or there are ‘gaps’ in the evidence on cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and refractive error.
Art students in Bhopal painted striking murals along the wall of a hospital to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
How do we react when outcomes aren’t what we expect? The mystery of Cameroon’s Western Region sheds light on the process.
What do Evodia, Abena and Mariama all have in common? They’re three of the millions of women in the fight against infectious diseases of poverty.
Women with disabilities often face double, or rather triple, discrimination: for being disabled, for being women and for being poor.
Colleagues at Sightsavers have been working on a series of blogs around gender equity, particularly focusing on women with disabilities in development.
I’d like to draw attention to the rights of women during disasters.
Women and girls with disabilities belong to two vulnerable groups, so they potentially face double discrimination.
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