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A group of women walk underneath a Sightsavers sign which reads: Screening camp.
From the field / Eye health /

Halving blindness in the remote Sundarbans

In this rural mangrove region of eastern India, one in 50 people used to be blind. But a Sightsavers project has transformed eye health in the area, changing thousands of lives.

October 2019
A woman stands outside her home.
From the field / Eye health /

Eye care for everyone in India

Sightsavers India is partnering with hospitals, tapping into existing eye care systems and creating new ones to provide affordable eye care for people living in some of the poorest areas of the country.

October 2019
Mercia Cumaio.
News / Eye health /

Sightsavers Mozambique’s Mercia Cumaio named Eye Health Hero

The accolades, awarded by the IAPB, recognise eight young and upcoming leaders who are making a difference in eye health.

October 2019
A truck driver sits in his truck.
From the field / Eye health /

Roadside eye care: helping Indian truckers stay safe behind the wheel

Sightsavers' Kate McCoy spent three days at a noisy roadside truck stop to see how Sightsavers is helping truck drivers to get the vital eye treatment they need.

October 2019
A health worker examines a woman's eyes.
News / Eye health /

New figures show more than a billion people have avoidable vision impairment

The statistics feature in the World Health Organization's first World Report on Vision, published ahead of World Sight Day.

October 2019
Mercia laughs and celebrates with a trachoma surgery patient after her bandages have been removed.
Stories / Eye health /

Mercia’s story

Mercia, from Mozambique, has worked at Sightsavers since 2010, and is determined to make sure everyone can get good-quality eye care.

Selben smiles with a group of health staff in Nigeria.
Stories / Eye health /

Selben’s story

Selben is an ophthalmologist who works for Sightsavers in Kaduna, Nigeria. She manages our programmes and makes sure people are treated for potentially blinding eye conditions.

A woman with a bandaged eye and a girl smiling
News / Eye health /

Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania

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

October 2019
Postan outside with a smile on his face
Stories / Eye health /

Postan’s story

Opthalmic nurse Postan Phiri is a popular figure in the communities he visits in rural Zambia, referring patients with cataracts for sight-saving surgery.

Lovemore on a swing smiling after his operation
From the field / Eye health /

A childhood restored and a future secured

In eastern Zambia, Sightsavers’ Corinna May met nine-year-old Lovemore and saw his amazing transformation following sight-saving cataract surgery.

September 2019
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