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An eye health worker uses a torch while checking a man's eyes for trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

Ghana has become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa and the Commonwealth to eliminate trachoma, as validated by the World Health Organization.

June 2018

A five-year-old girl in Ethiopia has her eyes checked for trachoma.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper says we could be just years away from one of the greatest achievements in human health: ridding the world of trachoma.

Caroline Harper, April 2018

Rebecca takes a selfie with Dorcas, in Nigeria.

Stories / Fighting disease /

In Nigeria, Sightsavers' Rebecca Mintrim joined celebrations for the one billionth NTD treatment.

Professor Stephen Hawking at the Sightsavers celebration of a billion NTD treatments.

News / Fighting disease /

Professor Hawking spoke at Sightsavers’ event to mark the one billionth treatment for neglected tropical diseases: watch the full video of his speech here.

December 2017

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers has welcomed a speech made by International Development Secretary Priti Patel, which set out her priorities for UK development.

March 2017

A close-up of a researcher's hands as they write data onto a sheet of paper.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

How do we react when outcomes aren’t what we expect? The mystery of Cameroon’s Western Region sheds light on the process.

Sarah Bartlett, April 2016

Fighting disease / Reports /

An evaluation of a three-year phase (2013-2015) of a long-term SAFE intervention to eliminate trachoma in Guinea-Bissau.

A spoon is used to place two tablets into a child's hand.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

What do Evodia, Abena and Mariama all have in common? They’re three of the millions of women in the fight against infectious diseases of poverty.

Helen Hamilton, March 2016

A child in Senegal holds antibiotic tablets in his hand.

Fighting disease / Reports /

The aim of the three-year GTMP was to map the prevalence of trachoma using smartphones, across all endemic areas worldwide.

Fighting disease / Reports /

This evaluation assesses the performance of the Northern Nigeria Integrated NTDs Control (UNITED) programme to see if objectives are being met.

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Trachoma is eliminated in Ghana

What if we eliminated one of the world’s oldest diseases?

The personal stories behind Sightsavers’ billionth milestone

Stephen Hawking commends his father’s role in tackling NTDs

Sightsavers welcomes DFID’s commitment to eliminating disease

Research sleuths: how we investigate blips in our NTD elimination projects

Elimination of blinding trachoma in Guinea Bissau: 2013-2015

Health heroes: the women working to eliminate NTDs

Global Trachoma Mapping Project (GTMP): end-of-project evaluation

UNITED programme: mid-term evaluation

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