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School children in Kenya sing songs outside in the sunshine.

From the field / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Julie Jenner meets the teachers and students who are fighting disease and preventing blindness by teaching children about good hygiene.

May 2019

A man with sore eyes looks at the camera.

Reports / Fighting disease /

An evaluative learning exercise of two initiatives to eliminate trachoma in ten African countries.

Jacob and Moses outside their village in Nigeria.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Meet Jacob and Moses, who are working together to protect their community from diseases such as river blindness.

A woman has a big smile after receiving trachoma surgery

News / Fighting disease /

In the year since Sightsavers' CEO gave a TED Talk about plans to eliminate trachoma, the continued fight to eliminate the disease moves closer.

April 2019

Community designated distributors in Kaduna State, Nigeria pose for a photo outside the local health centre.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

The UNITED programme has now come to an end, and has taught us numerous lessons that will inform future integrated neglected tropical disease programmes.

Safiya Sanda, April 2019

A sightsavers 4x4 crosses a rickety bridge over a river in River Sess County, Liberia.

From the field / Fighting disease /

Lincoln Gankpala, from the Liberian Ministry of Health, shares his experience of treating river blindness before, during and after the devastating Ebola outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.

March 2019

An eye health team on motorbikes travel across a dusty remote landscape dotted with trees and huts.

From the field / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Jo Howard travels across rural Tanzania with an eye health team to see how far they must go to treat trachoma in the most remote communities.

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

A group of children in Ghana smile and wave at the camera.

Stories / Fighting disease /

In June 2018 Ghana officially became trachoma-free, showing how your kind donations make a real difference.

Zuhara from Tanzania stands outside her primary school

Stories / Fighting disease /

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Fighting disease

Meeting Kenya’s health heroes

Trachoma elimination in Africa: Lessons from two multi-country initiatives

The father and son fighting tropical diseases in Nigeria

Trachoma elimination moves closer, a year after groundbreaking TED talk

Learning to adapt: what the UNITED programme has taught us

Liberia five years on: saving sight in the aftermath of Ebola

Reaching Ruangwa: an epic journey to help save sight

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

Ghana waves goodbye to trachoma

Eliminating trachoma in Tanzania

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all