Health
We tackle the main causes of avoidable blindness including cataract, and a group of diseases that have been coined ‘neglected tropical diseases’ such as river blindness and trachoma. Below you can find out more about the different types of blindness we are able to prevent and cure.
An important way of reaching those in need is by addressing the desperate shortage of eye care workers in the countries where we work. For example it is estimated that the world is short of over four million health professionals, and unsurprisingly the shortfall is in the poorest and most under developed countries.
Causes of blindness
Find out more about some of the world's major causes of blindness, and the ways in which Sightsavers is tackling them.
Neglected tropical diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 17 parasitic and bacterial infections that affect over one billion of the world’s poorest people.
Training eye care workers
We focus on building up the skills of mid-level eye care workers, such as eye nurses, so they can conduct minor operations as well as provide pre-operative and post-operative care to patients.
