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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

$A box of lenses used to check for refractive errors during an eye exam.$

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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

Eye surgeon Upendo performs a cataract operation.

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Sightsavers is launching a three-year programme to provide quality eye care to rural populations in the Morogoro and Singida regions.

October 2019

Stories / Eye health /

Opthalmic nurse Postan Phiri is a popular figure in the communities he visits in rural Zambia, referring patients with cataracts for sight-saving surgery.

Lovemore on a swing smiling after his operation

Stories / Eye health /

In eastern Zambia, Sightsavers’ Corinna May met nine-year-old Lovemore and saw his amazing transformation following sight-saving cataract surgery.

A student covers one eye during an eye test at a school in India.

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Mr Aahiswar is head teacher at Rangai Middle School in central India. He has been trained to screen students for vision problems so children can get the life-changing help they need.

Two surgeons at work in the operating theatre at Mymensingh hospital. They're wearing green scrubs.

Stories / Eye health /

Robbie Peacock and Ciara Smullen travelled to the northern town of Mymensingh to visit a hospital that is saving the sight of thousands of people a year.

Stories / Eye health /

Dr Msukwa is an ophthalmologist in southern Malawi. He restores sight through cataract operations, and says his passion is helping children to see again.

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A Sightsavers survey, in partnership with People’s Postcode Lottery, shows nearly half of Brits don’t choose their sunglasses for UV protection.

June 2019

A wide shot of the rural landscape in Nasir, South Sudan. The fields are very wet and the grass is a lush green.

Stories / Eye health /

Trachoma, a painful eye disease, can be easily treated with antibiotics. But the challenge is reaching the people who need treatment, particularly if they live in remote areas such as Nadir in South Sudan.

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Sightsavers Mozambique’s Mercia Cumaio named Eye Health Hero

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

Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania

Postan’s story

A childhood restored and a future secured

How we’re training teachers to spot blinding eye conditions

The hospital in Bangladesh that’s restoring sight and changing lives

Dr Gerald Msukwa

Survey highlights lack of knowledge about UV threat to our eyesight

Saving sight in the world’s most remote locations

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