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To coincide with International Women's Day, we asked our CEO, Caroline Harper, a few questions about her career at Sightsavers.

Caroline Harper, March 2020

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers’ chair, Sir Clive Jones, visited India to see how a Sightsavers programme is saving lives on the roads by screening truck drivers for vision problems.

Sightsavers, February 2020

Participants at a blood collection training session.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ new research uptake and learning advisors share their efforts to make sure our research makes a real difference to the lives of people across the world.

Sightsavers, February 2020

Blogs / Education /

Sightsavers ran a workshop in Dakar in December 2019 to promote gender mainstreaming in all its programmes.

Sightsavers, January 2020

A woman wearing a black hijab smiles and walks along a brick-lined street.

Blogs / Eye health /

Following simple steps can help decision-makers and donors to improve the system further, helping millions of people in need of eye care services in rural areas.

Itfaq Khaliq Khan, November 2019

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Our research shows that a lack of education and financial resources, social stigma and inaccessible physical infrastructure mean fewer people with disabilities are participating in politics in Africa.

Bhavisha Virendrakumar, October 2019

A woman with LF cleans her affected limb.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ research, which involves testing mosquitoes for signs of the disease, can help us to ensure treatment is directed where it’s needed most.

Dr Rogers Nditanchou, September 2019

An eye health worker uses a torch while checking a man's eyes for trachoma.

Blogs / Health care /

At the heart of universal health care is equity, and a key question any country must ask when making roadmaps for UHC is who to include first.

Grace Antwi-Atsu, August 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 close-up of people placing their hands on top of one another.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers hosted a workshop focusing on practical approaches to disability inclusion, where participants generated ideas to make sure healthcare is as inclusive as possible.

Andrea Pregel, June 2019

Close-up of eye test equipment, including specialist spectacles and lenses.

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers' integrated school health programme aims to improve the lives of more than 76,000 children through deworming and eye screening.

Adoley Sonii, May 2019

Aminata stands at the blackboard, holding a ruler to point out words.

Blogs / Eye health /

All the evidence from the International Development Committee hearing showed that the UK has not done enough on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Andrew Griffiths, March 2019

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

Blogs / Fighting disease /

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

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sarah Bartlett discusses Sightsavers’ involvement in this milestone, what we’ve learned from the experience and the work that lies ahead.

Sarah Bartlett, September 2018

A young boy wearing a colourful face mask and a bright yellow jumper covers hish right eye with his hand during an eye test.

Blogs / Eye health /

In 2013 a devastating Ebola outbreak decimated Liberia's already fragile healthcare system. Yet during this period, Sightsavers continued to operate.

Imran Khan, August 2017

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers gap maps show where evidence exists, or there are ‘gaps’ in the evidence on cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and refractive error.

Bhavisha Virendrakumar, May 2017

Art student painting the Inclusive Eye Health mural in Bhopal.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Art students in Bhopal painted striking murals along the wall of a hospital to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Andrea Pregel, December 2016

A close-up of a researcher's hands as they write data onto a sheet of paper.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

How do we react when outcomes aren’t what we expect? The mystery of Cameroon’s Western Region sheds light on the process.

Sarah Bartlett, April 2016

A spoon is used to place two tablets into a child's hand.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

What do Evodia, Abena and Mariama all have in common? They’re three of the millions of women in the fight against infectious diseases of poverty.

Helen Hamilton, March 2016

A 45-year-old lady is standing on crutches. She is wearing bright red clothes and a boy is asleep on a bed behind her.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Women with disabilities often face double, or rather triple, discrimination: for being disabled, for being women and for being poor.

Munazza Gillani, March 2016

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Colleagues at Sightsavers have been working on a series of blogs around gender equity, particularly focusing on women with disabilities in development.

Sightsavers, March 2016

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

I’d like to draw attention to the rights of women during disasters.

Fred Smith, March 2016

A young woman sitting in her wheelchair on a dirt road.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Women and girls with disabilities belong to two vulnerable groups, so they potentially face double discrimination.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, March 2016

Close up of hands holding a disability identity card.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

To mark the 60th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, Sightsavers presents a series of blogs on gender and disability.

Tracy Vaughan-Gough, March 2016

A close up photo of someone washing their hands.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

The World Health Organization has committed to support collaboration between WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and NTDs (neglected tropical diseases).

Sarah Bartlett, October 2015

An illuminated sign that reads 'End inequality' is held up amid the darkness at the Light the Way event in London.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

This September, world leaders are meeting in New York at the UN General Assembly to set global goals for the next 15 years.

Sightsavers, September 2015

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Radio was chosen to educate teachers, children and local communities as it is more readily accessible, reaching even remote, rural areas.

Guest Blogger, January 2015

Roshani at a school eye screening in India.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Our experience clearly tells us that blind people largely exist in the fringes of our community. Being blind is not the problem, it is the understanding.

Guest Blogger, January 2015

A sign telling people to wash their hands and face with soap to prevent trachoma.

Blogs / Eye health /

"I’ve been in Zambia these last two weeks looking at the eye healthcare system, and I’ve been reminded about the unintended consequences."

Andrew Griffiths, June 2014

close up of hands holding a tube of ointment which is used for trachoma infections.

Blogs / Health care /

Imagine this: your child comes home from school one day with itchy, sticky eyes. What do you do? You take them to your local clinic to make sure they’re OK.

Helen Hamilton, March 2014

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Blogs

“I don’t look to famous women to inspire me – I look to those I know well”

Improving eye health and saving lives in India

Making research count: introducing the new uptake and learning team

Gender equality: why is it important?

A journey, not a destination: eye health integration in Pakistan

Including people with disabilities in African political life

Catching the mosquitoes that spread lymphatic filariasis

Universal health coverage in Ghana: how can we really make progress?

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

12 tips to make health programmes inclusive for people with disabilities

How an innovative school programme is improving health in Liberia

How can the UK become a leader in sustainable development?

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

What we’ve learned from trachoma elimination in Ghana

The challenges facing health and education in Liberia

Eye health evidence gap maps

Young artists get creative to promote disability inclusion

Research sleuths: how we investigate blips in our NTD elimination projects

Health heroes: the women working to eliminate NTDs

Disrupting the patriarchy through disability rights

Violence against women with disabilities

Rights during disasters: what about women with disabilities?

Women with disabilities: a call for better representation

On gender and disability

WASH and NTDs finally make it official

Global goals: the most important thing in the world?

How a radio drama in Malawi is raising awareness of albinism

Changing perceptions about living with blindness through positive role models

Unintended consequences in health care

How universal health coverage can help eliminate trachoma