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Children washing themselves in a stream.

From the field / Fighting disease /

For more than 20 years, medication has been distributed in Cameroon to stop the spread of river blindness. Yet people are still testing positive for the disease. We wanted to know why.

August 2019

In Zambia, a boy teaches his sister how to wash her face to prevent trachoma.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

In the past five years, the DFID SAFE trachoma programme has helped to protect and treat almost 3 million people in Zambia. Here’s what it has taught us.

Glenda Mulenga, August 2019

Sightsavers surgeon Aliyu smiles with a group of children.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Aliyu A-Umar, a former trachoma surgeon in Nigeria, has an inspiring way of making people feel at ease about eye care.

Caroline Harper speaks at the TED summit in July 2019.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ CEO Dr Caroline Harper and the END Fund’s Sam Mayer presented a session looking at how countries are making huge strides towards eliminating neglected tropical diseases.

July 2019

Mary, a volunteer in Ghana, sits with three smiling children.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Mary, a dedicated mother of seven, used to work as a teacher. Now, she is saving sight in Asubende village in Ghana, by distributing medication to protect people from river blindness. Here you can meet some of the people she has helped.

Issa, Mayasa and Bibie outside their home

News / Fighting disease /

In 2002 there were was about 1.5 billion people worldwide at risk of the eye disease. But new data from the World Health Organization shows this has fallen to just over 142 million people.

June 2019

Julianah from Kogi, Nigeria stands outside a field near her home in Ajenejo, Kogi State Nigeria.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers' river blindness and lymphatic filariasis programme has delivered 60 million treatments in four countries. Here’s what we’ve learned from the project.

Ron Bannerman, June 2019

A group of participants from the Sudan Tropical Data training stand together for a photo.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Health in Sudan invited eye health workers from Somalia and Libya to attend a training session to teach them how to gather data as part of the Tropical Data initiative.

Cristina Jimenez, June 2019

A surgeon operates, using only the light of a window, on a patient to save their sight from trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

Adriane Ohanesian’s image of a surgeon operating on a teenager in a makeshift clinic has been put forward for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019.

June 2019

A woman affected by lymphatic filariasis (LF) sits outside her home.

News / Fighting disease /

The research, carried out by Sightsavers, looks at the relationship between disabilities and neglected tropical disease treatment.

May 2019

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How our research is finding new ways to fight river blindness

Trachoma in Zambia: insights from the SAFE programme

Meet the dancing trachoma surgeon

Sightsavers and END Fund join forces at TED summit to inspire action on NTDs

Meet Mary, a sight-saving volunteer

Number of people at risk of trachoma has fallen by 91%

Putting people at the centre of our work to eliminate neglected tropical diseases

How health workers are gathering data to fight trachoma in conflict areas

Photo of sight-saving surgery is nominated for UK prize

Sightsavers’ research on NTDs and disability is published by Oxford University Press

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all