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    Eye health

    A smiling boy receives a gift of a backpack and art supplies.
    News / Eye health /

    Children in Nigeria get creative with help of Spectrum Markets

    Students in Kaduna State celebrated by creating colourful drawings using art materials donated by Sightsavers’ corporate partner.

    November 2021
    A collage of images featuring men, women and children wearing glasses.
    News / Eye health /

    World Sight Day 2021: highlights from around the world

    On 14 October 2021, Sightsavers staff, partner organisations and supporters celebrated World Sight Day to raise awareness about the importance of access to good eye care.

    October 2021
    Two Instagram images, one featuring a sunflower and the other featuring a girl with cucumber on her eye, with the text Love Your Eyes.
    News / Eye health /

    World Sight Day 2021: how our corporate partners helped us celebrate

    On 14 October 2021, Sightsavers’ corporate partners celebrated World Sight Day to raise awareness about the importance of access to good eye care.

    October 2021
    Women waiting in a queue to get their eyes checked.
    News / Eye health /

    World Sight Day: Sightsavers calls for urgent action on global eye health

    Sightsavers is marking World Sight Day on 14 October by highlighting that the number of people worldwide who are blind could reach 115 million by 2050.

    October 2021
    A man wearing sunglasses smiles with his two happy grandchildren.
    Stories / Eye health /

    “Now I can see again, I can make money to support my family”

    Father and grandfather Sardar from Pakistan is the main breadwinner for his family. But his children and grandchildren faced an uncertain future when he began to develop cataracts.

    Four patients wait while socially distancing for their trauchoma surgery while wearing PPE and face masks.
    Stories / Eye health /

    Eye care and COVID-19: what we’ve learned during the pandemic

    Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been to restart our work quickly and safely. Sightsavers staff reveal our how eye care programmes have evolved in the past 18 months.

    A screengrab from Sumrana Yasmin and Mutave Mutemi video interview.
    Blogs / Eye health /

    What do we mean by the global eye health crisis?

    In an interview for World Sight Day 2021, Sumrana Yasmin, Sightsavers’ global technical lead for eye health, talks to Mutave Mutemi about her work, the global eye health crisis and how we all have a part to play in addressing it.

    Sightsavers, October 2021
    Safia has her eyes examined by a health worker to check for signs of trachoma.
    Stories / Eye health /

    Seeing clearly: five sight-saving stories in Benin

    The Accelerate programme, supported by Sightsavers, aims to stop people going blind from trachoma. In Benin, five patients reveal how the programme has changed their lives.

    A man sitting on a hospital bed is interviewed by a Sightsavers staff member.
    Blogs / Eye health /

    ‘Prevention is better than cure’: How social behaviour change prevents glaucoma blindness

    The Keep Sight initiative shares its findings on how social behaviour change could address the problem of people losing their sight because of glaucoma.

    Selben Penzin, September 2021
    Student Ariane smiles at her desk while wearing her new glasses.
    Eye health / Reports /

    Sightsavers refractive error strategy: tackling the world’s biggest cause of visual impairment

    This new refractive error strategy, building on achievements to date, aims to accelerate access to, and use of, equitable and inclusive refractive services.

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