Fighting disease
World NTD Day 2022: highlights from around the world
On 30 January 2022, Sightsavers staff and supporters joined the global event to raise awareness about eliminating neglected tropical diseases.
Sightsavers showcases its NTD work at Dubai Expo
The display shows how Sightsavers and its partners are using mobile technology to combat diseases such as trachoma and river blindness.
How can deworming change the world?
Ndellejong Cosmas Eljong, Sightsavers’ technical adviser for schistosomiasis and intestinal worms, tells us via video about his work to fight parasitic worm infections and how deworming can have a huge impact on communities around the world.
“I don’t have a tummy ache any more!”
Hear first-hand how Sightsavers is working with GiveWell to control intestinal worms and schistosomiasis, two devastating diseases that affect thousands of children in Cameroon.
Sightsavers and GLIDE pioneer new ways to fight river blindness
The partnership will test innovative ways to collect and analyse the flies that spread the disease.
“A thing of joy”: celebrating seven years of the COUNTDOWN programme
This major research programme, which ended in 2021, has supported people with neglected tropical diseases to speak out about their illnesses and how they would like to be treated.
First cross-border treatments for trachoma are distributed in Kenya and Uganda
On 21 October 2021, teams in key districts on both sides of the Kenyan-Ugandan border began a mass drug distribution campaign to fight the disease.
Why Africa doesn’t need to suffer the brunt of vaccine inequality
Africa is behind on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, yet there are programmes already in place that can help to distribute vaccines in the continent.
Sightsavers researcher commended for innovative NTD project
Kareen Atekem's work on a new project to help control and eliminate two neglected tropical diseases has been recognised by the NTD Innovation Prize competition.
Sightsavers neglected tropical disease strategy: now is the time to say goodbye to NTDs
This is our second Sightsavers neglected tropical diseases (NTD) strategy. The first set ambitious themes for Sightsavers, and this strategy builds on those original themes.
