Eye health Archives | Page 13 of 18

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.

News / Eye health /

Professor Christopher Whitty, who has been on Sightsavers’ board of trustees since 2017, will take up the post in October.

June 2019

News / Eye health /

The Cameroon Cataract Development Impact Loan brings together public and private investors alongside eye care delivery experts and charities, including Sightsavers.

June 2019

Schoolgirl and trachoma champion Safira Mwale shows how to wash her face with a tippy tap by her home near Kasungu in Malawi, August 29, 2018.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers will join the free Science Museum Lates event on 29 May 2019, where visitors will have the chance to build a home-made tap against the clock.

May 2019

A doctor examine a man outside in rural Zambia.

News / Eye health /

The initiative, run by Sightsavers, Allergan and the IAPB, initially aims to train 50 eye care workers, with the goal of screening 5,000 people and treating 500 patients.

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

A group of smiling children in Bangladesh, some wearing spectacles.

Reports / Eye health /

The programme aimed to support children from poor communities to access quality eye care services and improve awareness of the importance of early eye screening.

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

People line up along a jetty in the Subdarbans in southern India.

Reports / Eye health /

The five-year programme aimed to make progress towards the eliminiation of avoidable blindness in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal by 2020.

Aluna, Mayasa and Bibi in front of their mud house

Stories / Eye health /

This Mother's Day we wanted to share the story of two mothers, Aluna and Mayasa, from a remote community in Tanzania.

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Saving sight in the world’s most remote locations

Sightsavers trustee appointed chief medical officer for England

50,000 patients screened during first year of innovative cataract project

Sightsavers to host ‘Build a tippy tap’ challenge at the Science Museum

‘Keep Sight’ project will train eye care staff to treat glaucoma in Nigeria

How an innovative school programme is improving health in Liberia

Paediatric eye care services in Bangladesh

How can the UK become a leader in sustainable development?

Sundarbans Eye Health Service Strengthening Project

Forgotten mums

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