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Students practice using measuring sticks to calculate drug dosages in Masindi, Uganda.

Fighting disease / Reports /

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, resuming neglected tropical disease activities, particularly mass drug administration, is vital in achieving WHO Roadmap targets.

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

News / Fighting disease /

The Ascend Learning and Innovation Fund is funding projects to accelerate the control and elimination efforts of neglected tropical diseases.

October 2020

A man wearing a mask gives a demonstration to distributors in a school classroom.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

RAMA is a new risk assessment and mitigation action tool enabling us and government partners to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19 and restart treatment.

Phil Downs, October 2020

Two trachoma patients wearing traditional clothing standing next to a vehicle in a landscape in Kenya.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Moses Chege, Sightsavers Kenya country director, explains how Sightsavers and partners were able to reach the worst-affected people suffering from trachoma.

Moses Chege, October 2020

A volunteer drug distributor washing hands washes someone's hands.

News / Fighting disease /

Nigeria is the first Sightsavers-supported country to resume treatments for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) since April due to COVID-19.

September 2020

A volunteer inspects a baby's eyes for signs of trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers and partners delivered 11.7 million trachoma treatments and carried out nearly 32,000 trichiasis surgeries in two years under the Commonwealth Fund.

September 2020

A community volunteer distributed treatment to protect against neglected tropical diseases to a woman.

News / Fighting disease /

A Sightsavers-led programme in Africa has surpassed several of its first-year targets as it delivers more than 127 million drug treatments for five debilitating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

September 2020

The Tropical Data team working on trachoma surveys in Arusha in 2019.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

We speak to Tropical Data’s data analyst, Sarah Boyd, to find out what she and the team have been working on while travel hasn’t been possible and many of us have been advised to stay at home.

Sightsavers, August 2020

Stories / Fighting disease /

In the first year of the programme, the Ascend West and Central Africa partners have supported health workers and volunteers to deliver mass treatment campaigns that will help tackle high rates of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Liberia.

Four-year-old Paolo stands smiling in a doorway.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Paolo's family could not understand why he kept having problems with his eyes. Thankfully, training for a Sightsavers-supported programme was taking place nearby.

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NTD activities in Africa in the COVID-19 era: the need for a ‘hybrid’ approach in COVID-endemic times

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COVID-19 and NTD innovation

Leaving no one behind in development programming

Trachoma treatments resume in Nigeria after COVID-19 lockdown

Commonwealth Fund protects 10 million people from trachoma

Health programme exceeds several first-year targets

Q&A with Sarah Boyd: how we are moving Tropical Data forward through COVID-19

Working together to tackle NTDs in Liberia

Paolo's story

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