have your say arrow

The sight I would most like to see is Hannah Montana!

 
ask the experts arrow

Causes of blindness

An intra ocular lens

Cataract

You may know someone who has had cataracts – as it is quite common in this country for people who are quite old. A cataract is when the eye’s lens gets cloudy and stops letting light into the eye.

A boy beiong given a pill

Childhood blindness

In the countries in which we work, children as well as adults can be affected by cataracts. But the main cause for children going blind is a poor diet.

Francisca from Cameroon is receiving her annual dose of Mectizan® from the distributor. Mectizan is a medicine that stop people from getting river blindness.

River blindness

125 million people in Africa are at risk from river blindness. It is spread by the black fly which breeds by the rivers people rely on to drink, wash themselves with, and fish from.

During their lunchbreak, school girls from Sheikhupura, Pakistan, are drinking water and washing their hands and faces. This is best practice to avoid trachoma.

Trachoma

Trachoma mainly affects poor women and children who live in hot, dry and dusty places. If they don’t get treatment their eye lashes start to turn inwards and scratch the eye ball.