Reports

A woman has her bandages removed after undergoing trachoma surgery in Kenya.

Trachoma control project in Marsabit, Kenya: evaluation reports

Since April 2011, Sightsavers have been implementing a Trachoma Control Project with Comic Relief funding of £700,000 in Marsabit, Kenya.

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Zambia Inclusive Education Programme

An end of term evaluation to assess progress of the Zambia Inclusive Education Programme, a three-year programme to strengthen inclusive education.

The paper registers used to collect data on disability.

Disability disaggregation of data: report

A report on the initial steps undertaken to include disaggregation of data by disability in two projects in Tanzania and India.

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iReflect on Social Inclusion

A review of Sightsavers’ organisation-wide process to develop a global strategy on social inclusion aligned to strategies in eye health and education.

A woman is given sunglasses following cataract surgery in Kenya.

Promoting quality ophthalmology in East Africa project: end-of-term evaluation

This five-year intervention was funded by the European Union and co-funded by international NGOs led by Sightsavers.

Post Health for Peace Initiative: final evaluation

This management response is submitted by the Post Health for Peace Initiative and its partners in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and the Gambia, following a its final evaluation undertaken by independent consultants.

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Promoting quality ophthalmology in East Africa: evaluation report

The evaluation assessed the implementation of the PQO over the 5-year period from 2009 until 2013 and was conducted in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Four-year-old Arman smiles in his new dark glasses, as he's held by his father after his cataract surgery in Bangladesh.

Vision Bangladesh project: end-of-term evaluation

The goal of the project was to eliminate avoidable blindness from Bangladesh by 2020.

Post Health for Peace Initiative: evaluation reports

The programme has succeeded in meeting output targets set for the region and provided access to eye health services to at least 60% of the population.

A boyhas his eyes examined by a health worker in Senegal.

Post Health for Peace Initiative in West Africa: end-of-term evaluation

This project was implemented in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and the Gambia, and aimed to establish good-quality, accessible and affordable eye care services.

A boy in Pakistan wears special spectacles during an eye test.

Pakistan Urban Paediatric Eye Care Programme: mid-term review

Sightsavers’ Pakistan Country Office developed a five-year project on child eye health in slum areas of Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan and Faisalabad.

A woman has her bandages removed after undergoing trachoma surgery in Kenya.

Support to the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation: Eye Care Programme Kenya 2009 to 2013: end of term evaluation

The Kenya Eye Programme 2009-2013 was part of an eye health programme that began in the 1990s to introduce eye health services throughout Kenya.

A man stands alone in Bangladesh.

Voices of the marginalised: briefing

A pilot project bringing the perspectives of those who live in poverty or who are highly marginalised into post-2015 policymaking.

Govardhan, who suffers from sight loss, grows brinjal in India.

Equality in the post-2015 development agenda: promoting inclusion for people with disabilities

A Sightsavers development agenda to ensure the full and equal participation of people with disabilities in the post 2015 framework.

A patient undergoes surgery for trachoma in Zambia.

Neglected tropical diseases: policy brief

In this policy brief, Sightsavers outlines an integrated approach to tackling neglected tropical diseases, including the Global Trachoma Mapping Project.

Sightsavers’ Innovation Fund: evaluation

Evaluation of the Innovation Fund, part of the Sightsavers Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK’s Department for International Development.

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WASHing away blinding trachoma

A report outlining how challenges of trachoma, access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and poverty are mutually reinforcing.

In Malawi, a group of students receive Early Childhood development education.

Disability in the post-2015 framework

A paper arguing that the absence of specific reference to disability in the MDGs has resulted in the increased marginalisation of persons with disabilities.

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Strengthening eye health: a focus for health systems

A report detailing how improving eye health and reducing blindness is achievable, cost-effective and contributes significantly to poverty reduction.

Patients waiting to attend a trachoma clinic.

A SAFE solution: Sightsavers’ fast-track initiative to eliminate blinding trachoma

A Sightsavers initiative outlining objectives to eliminate trachoma, which, according to the International Coalition for Trachoma Control, affects at least 110 million people living in areas where trachoma is endemic.

Children line up at an educational assessment centre in Kenya.

Making inclusive education a reality

A 2011 Sightsavers policy paper detailing an approach to ensuring that education is inclusive.

A child with a visual impairment learns in a school in India.

Eye health in children: policy brief

A policy brief outlining how school eye health programmes need to be comprehensive, and go beyond the detection and treatment of refractive errors.

Children wait to start lessons outside a school in Sierra Leone.

Education for all: addressing marginalisation

A 2010 set of recommendations by Sightsavers to address marginalisation in education.

A doctor performs cataract surgery in Tanzania.

Cataract services policy 2010

A policy guide by Sightsavers describing how services for cataract fit strategically with the international health agenda.

Children undergo inclusive schooling in a classroom in Sierra Leone.

The Educator: inclusive education

A publication on attempting to achieve inclusive education for all by the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI).

Representatives, teachers, and children attend a seminar on World Sight Day in Pakistan.

Islamabad declaration of accessibility

A declaration prepared by officials, representatives, workers, and people with disabilities on accessibility in Pakistan.

A Uganda woman with a physical disability sits alone in her house.

Not on the guest list: people with disabilities and the Millennium Development Goals

At the mid point of the Millennium Development goals Sightsavers addresses the exclusion of people with disabilities and sets out a context for discussion.

In Pakistan, a disabled mother sits with her large family.

Disability framework in Pakistan

A handbook detailing baseline information, policy perspectives and frameworks for analysis of the status of disability in Pakistan.

Adults and children in Malawi attend a project where a school is being built.

Getting disabled children into school in developing countries

A 2007 briefing outlining what donor governments must do to achieve Universal Primary Education.

A health worker uses eye care equipment in Malawi.

Human resources for health and international migration

A document outlining Sightsavers' position on the shortage of health care workers in developing countries, caused in part by increasing migration.