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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

A group of women walk underneath a Sightsavers sign which reads: Screening camp.

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In this rural mangrove region of eastern India, one in 50 people used to be blind. But a Sightsavers project has transformed eye health in the area, changing thousands of lives.

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Sightsavers India is partnering with hospitals, tapping into existing eye care systems and creating new ones to provide affordable eye care for people living in some of the poorest areas of the country.

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

October 2019

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Sightsavers' Kate McCoy spent three days at a noisy roadside truck stop to see how Sightsavers is helping truck drivers to get the vital eye treatment they need.

A health worker examines a woman's eyes.

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

October 2019

Mercia laughs and celebrates with a trachoma surgery patient after her bandages have been removed.

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Mercia, from Mozambique, has worked at Sightsavers since 2010, and is determined to make sure everyone can get good-quality eye care.

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Eye health

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!”

Halving blindness in the remote Sundarbans

Eye care for everyone in India

Sightsavers Mozambique’s Mercia Cumaio named Eye Health Hero

Roadside eye care: helping Indian truckers stay safe behind the wheel

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

Mercia’s story

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all