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Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame smiling, holding up a placard reading '#EqualUN for an equal world'.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

UN disability committee member Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame talks about her first official committee meeting and gives an insight into how the UN system works.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, May 2019

A group of children sit in a line on a bench waiting to be tested for river blindness.

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers' integrated school health programme aims to improve the lives of more than 76,000 children through deworming and eye screening.

Adoley Sonii, May 2019

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

Blogs / Fighting disease /

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

Disabled People’s Organisation leaders, Sightsavers staff and medical practitioners workers outside a hospital along with Camilo Morreira.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Through Sightsavers’ inclusive health project in Nampula, Camilo Morreira shares his work to ensure that health care facilities are accessible for people with disabilities.

Camilo Morreira, April 2019

A group of people stand together outside, talking.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

If people with disabilities cannot make their voices heard, they will be systematically excluded from access to services. It would make a huge difference if their needs and ideas were considered from the very beginning.

Laurène Leclercq, April 2019

A panel of six people sit on a stage in front of an auditorium half full of guests.

Blogs / Health care /

As momentum gathers towards the High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September, it is critical that dialogue taking place at other related meetings and events is aligned.

Emma Mulhern, April 2019

Aminata stands at the blackboard, holding a ruler to point out words.

Blogs / Eye health /

All the evidence from the International Development Committee hearing showed that the UK has not done enough on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Andrew Griffiths, March 2019

Three women, one of whom is using a wheelchair, holding up signs reading '#EqualUN for an equal world'.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Globally, it’s recognised that people with disabilities are vulnerable to being left behind in efforts to eradicate poverty. Yet there’s still not enough progress being made.

Tessa Murphy, March 2019

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

Blogs / Fighting disease /

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 large crowd of people standing in a conference hall with a banner promoting the Africa Health Agenda International Conference.

Blogs / Health care /

The conference, in Rwanda, brought together more than 1,500 participants from all kinds of sectors, all working on ways of ensuring better health outcomes for everyone.

Fred Smith, March 2019

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An insider’s guide to the UN disability committee

How an innovative school programme is improving health in Liberia

Learning to adapt: what the UNITED programme has taught us

“Nothing about us without us”: improving access to health care in Mozambique

Four takeaways from the Zero project in Vienna

Joining the dots on universal health coverage

How can the UK become a leader in sustainable development?

Why we’re calling for an equal UN

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

Five takeaways from the Africa Health Agenda conference

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all