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A man has his eyes checked at a screening camp in Kasungu, Malawi

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The Coordinated Approach to Community Health programme, which finished in March 2019, has restored the sight of more than 21,000 people and generated a wealth of knowledge.

Moses Chege, May 2019

A man with sore eyes looks at the camera.

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An evaluative learning exercise of two initiatives to eliminate trachoma in ten African countries.

Jacob and Moses outside their village in Nigeria.

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Meet Jacob and Moses, who are working together to protect their community from diseases such as river blindness.

A woman has a big smile after receiving trachoma surgery

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In the year since Sightsavers' CEO gave a TED Talk about plans to eliminate trachoma, the continued fight to eliminate the disease moves closer.

April 2019

Community designated distributors in Kaduna State, Nigeria pose for a photo outside the local health centre.

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The UNITED programme has now come to an end, and has taught us numerous lessons that will inform future integrated neglected tropical disease programmes.

Safiya Sanda, April 2019

A sightsavers 4x4 crosses a rickety bridge over a river in River Sess County, Liberia.

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Lincoln Gankpala, from the Liberian Ministry of Health, shares his experience of treating river blindness before, during and after the devastating Ebola outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.

An eye health team on motorbikes travel across a dusty remote landscape dotted with trees and huts.

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Sightsavers’ Jo Howard travels across rural Tanzania with an eye health team to see how far they must go to treat trachoma in the most remote communities.

A group of volunteers sit around a table in a village in Nigeria.

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Nigeria carries around 25 per cent of Africa’s NTD burden. However, progress is being made and research is playing a key role in helping to eliminate the diseases.

James Yashiyi Nuphi, March 2019

An eye care worker smiles at the camera next to a woman with bandages on her eyes.

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Trachoma experts gathered in Tanzania to celebrate the progress that has been made to eliminate the disease from the country over the past four years.

February 2019

A group of children in Ghana smile and wave at the camera.

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In June 2018 Ghana officially became trachoma-free, showing how your kind donations make a real difference.

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Treating hard-to-reach people: what we’ve learned from CATCH

Trachoma elimination in Africa: Lessons from two multi-country initiatives

The father and son fighting tropical diseases in Nigeria

Trachoma elimination moves closer, a year after groundbreaking TED talk

Learning to adapt: what the UNITED programme has taught us

Liberia five years on: saving sight in the aftermath of Ebola

Reaching Ruangwa: an epic journey to help save sight

Putting learning into practice: using research to reach people at risk of NTDs in Nigeria

Experts celebrate progress towards eliminating trachoma in Tanzania

Ghana waves goodbye to trachoma

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