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A man wearing a face mask, shield and optical loupes operates on the eye of a dummy

Stories / Fighting disease /

How research is helping trachoma specialists choose the best face shields to stop the spread of COVID-19.

A man wearing magnifying glasses over his eyes shines a torch into a toddler's eye during a trachoma survey.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Biruck Kebede, who leads Sightsavers’ NTD work in Ethiopia, explains how data can help to eliminate diseases such as trachoma.

Biruck Kebede, December 2020

A man wearing a protective mask presents in front of a blackboard next to a dose poleivers training to antibiotics distributers in a classroom at Government Day Secondary School, Jigawa State

News / Fighting disease /

The Accelerate programme has reached the end of a year like no other. Through a global pandemic, we’ve innovated and adapted our trachoma work to keep on track.

December 2020

A man has his temperature checked before participating in a Tropical Data trachoma survey.

News / Fighting disease /

More than 20,000 people are to be screened in the first surveys since NTD programmes were put on hold because of COVID-19.

December 2020

A woman holding a microphone giving a presentation.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ director for programme operations, Joy Shu’aibu, has been named an Inspiring Communicator for 2020.

December 2020

A woman washes her hands during COVID-19 response training while a man observes.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Ghana has not been spared in the coronavirus crisis, but luckily the country started its response early, with NTD support redirected.

A man holds up a poster to community members during a COVID awareness campaign.

News / Fighting disease /

The Ascend West and Central Africa programme partners helped Liberia respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Here, we tell how.

December 2020

A school-aged boy has his height measured to receive deworming treatment during a school based mass drug administration.

News / Fighting disease /

The charity evaluator has once again praised Sightsavers’ deworming programmes in Africa for their cost-effectiveness and transparency.

November 2020

A small child receives his annual dose of medication to protect him from trachoma.

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Sightsavers’ director of neglected tropical diseases, Simon Bush, has joined a new international COVID-19 task force set up by The Lancet.

November 2020

A man is measured against a dole pole to determine how much lymphatic filariasis treatment he needs.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers welcomes WHO’s new NTD 2030 road map, which sets out global targets and milestones for 2030 in order to prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate a diverse set of 20 diseases and disease groups.

November 2020

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Keeping patients safe during a global pandemic

Is data integration the answer to eliminating trachoma in Ethiopia?

Accelerate: the story of 2020

Surveys for advanced trachoma resume in Burkina Faso

Sightsavers' Joy Shu’aibu named an Inspiring Communicator

Stepping up to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana

How NTD programmes helped prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Liberia

Sightsavers ranked as a top charity by GiveWell for fifth year in a row

Sightsavers’ director joins Lancet Commission on COVID-19

Sightsavers welcomes new WHO NTD 2030 road map

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