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Sightsavers’ chair, Sir Clive Jones, visited India to see how a Sightsavers programme is saving lives on the roads by screening truck drivers for vision problems.

Sightsavers, February 2020

A school student has her eyes tested while wearing optical glasses: an eye health worker's hand is changing the lenses in the glasses.

Education / Eye health /

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide direction to those planning and implementing vision screening programmes as a part of eye health initiatives within the education sector.

Stories / Eye health /

Sightsavers’ eye health screening project in Pakistan is helping children see and learn all over the country. We listen to stories of some of the children we have helped.

A mother helps her daughter with some school work.

Stories / Eye health /

Six-year-old Khadijah was getting into trouble at school for not being able to do her work. But following an eye operation she can’t wait to learn to read and write.

A woman has her eyes checked by an eye health worker in an outdoor screening camp in India.

News / Eye health /

Charity evaluator ImpactMatters awarded Sightsavers a five-star rating for cost-effectiveness – the highest score available.

November 2019

A woman wearing a black hijab smiles and walks along a brick-lined street.

Blogs / Eye health /

Following simple steps can help decision-makers and donors to improve the system further, helping millions of people in need of eye care services in rural areas.

Itfaq Khaliq Khan, November 2019

A group of students in blue uniforms, wearing paper masks on their heads.

Stories / Eye health /

Geordie Woods explains how the Super School of Five trachoma prevention programme is protecting school children from this devastating disease.

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

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Eye health

Improving eye health and saving lives in India

Guidelines for school-based eye health programmes

Stories from the SHIP eye health project in Pakistan

Khadijah’s story

Sightsavers named most cost-effective health charity

A journey, not a destination: eye health integration in Pakistan

How soap and superheroes are changing lives

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!”

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