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Three social inclusion participants are in a line smiling at the camera.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

COVID-19 has shown the need for systems to accommodate the new risks we face. Why not take the opportunity to build them back in a way that is inclusive?

Imran Khan, July 2020

A man examines the eyesight of a young boy who uses a wheelchair.

Blogs / Eye health /

Cataract surgical rate only measures quantity of services, and quality remains neglected. This raises questions that need addressing.

Itfaq Khaliq Khan, June 2020

Dr Amadou wearing scrubs and a face mask.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Health workers around the world have been thrown into the spotlight as they fight the COVID-19 pandemic. With this has come a renewed appreciation of their skills and hard work.

Stories / Disability and inclusion /

This husband and wife team are helping us locate and support people with disabilities in Bangladesh.

Stories / Eye health /

In Bangladesh, we know the best way to make sure no one is left behind is to take health information directly to their doorstep. Enter the miking team!

Actress Sunetra Sarker speaks to a truck driver.

News / Eye health /

Award-winning actress Sunetra Sarker visited long-distance truckers in India to understand how poor eyesight can affect their lives and work.

February 2020

A school student has her eyes tested while wearing optical glasses: an eye health worker's hand is changing the lenses in the glasses.

Education / Eye health /

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide direction to those planning and implementing vision screening programmes as a part of eye health initiatives within the education sector.

A woman with a bandaged eye and a girl smiling

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers is launching a three-year programme to provide quality eye care to rural populations in the Morogoro and Singida regions.

October 2019

Disabled People’s Organisation leaders, Sightsavers staff and medical practitioners workers outside a hospital along with Camilo Morreira.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Through Sightsavers’ inclusive health project in Nampula, Camilo Morreira shares his work to ensure that health care facilities are accessible for people with disabilities.

Camilo Morreira, April 2019

A panel of six people sit on a stage in front of an auditorium half full of guests.

Blogs / Health care /

As momentum gathers towards the High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September, it is critical that dialogue taking place at other related meetings and events is aligned.

Emma Mulhern, April 2019

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Inclusive eye health

Building back inclusively after COVID-19

Great progress, but not for all: cataract surgical rate in Pakistan

Celebrating our trachoma health workers

Mapping via motorbike

Meet the miking team, spreading the word about free eye health care

Sunetra Sarker joins Sightsavers in India to see truck drivers have their eyes screened

Guidelines for school-based eye health programmes

Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania

“Nothing about us without us”: improving access to health care in Mozambique

Joining the dots on universal health coverage

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all