Inclusive health
Sightsavers advocates for universal health coverage, meaning all people, wherever they live, can access quality, affordable health care.
Good health and wellbeing is essential to our daily lives. It allows children to learn and adults to earn.
Being healthy, and having access to the health services you need, is vital for all of us – but more than 400 million people worldwide lack access to even basic health care services, and 40 per cent of the world’s population lacks social protection (national systems that address extreme poverty and vulnerability).
The impact of this on people’s health and wellbeing is considerable. In many countries, health outcomes (for example, life expectancy) are unacceptably low, and millions face destitution from catastrophic health care costs. Sightsavers works to promote people’s health and wellbeing, to reduce inequities in health and to strengthen the systems needed to deliver effective, affordable, accessible quality health services.
We work with partners, governments, UN and multilateral agencies and others to promote good health and robust health systems.
Inclusive eye health
Our inclusive eye health project in Bhopal, India was created to empower people with disabilities so they are able to make informed decisions about eye care and prioritise their health.
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Eye screening for survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy
Sightsavers organised screening camps for those affected by the Bhopal disaster in 1984, when a gas leak killed 3,800 people.
Young artists get creative to promote disability inclusion
Art students in Bhopal painted striking murals along the wall of a hospital to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Counting the difference: what did we learn in Bhopal?
Emma Jolley travelled to Bhopal to revisit the disability disaggregation pilot happening there and take stock of what we have learned in the past year.
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