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A panel of six people sit on a stage in front of an auditorium half full of guests.

Blogs / Health care /

As momentum gathers towards the High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September, it is critical that dialogue taking place at other related meetings and events is aligned.

Emma Mulhern, April 2019

Aminata stands at the blackboard, holding a ruler to point out words.

Blogs / Eye health /

All the evidence from the International Development Committee hearing showed that the UK has not done enough on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Andrew Griffiths, March 2019

Three women, one of whom is using a wheelchair, holding up signs reading '#EqualUN for an equal world'.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Globally, it’s recognised that people with disabilities are vulnerable to being left behind in efforts to eradicate poverty. Yet there’s still not enough progress being made.

Tessa Murphy, March 2019

A group of volunteers sit around a table in a village in Nigeria.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Nigeria carries around 25 per cent of Africa’s NTD burden. However, progress is being made and research is playing a key role in helping to eliminate the diseases.

James Yashiyi Nuphi, March 2019

A large crowd of people standing in a conference hall with a banner promoting the Africa Health Agenda International Conference.

Blogs / Health care /

The conference, in Rwanda, brought together more than 1,500 participants from all kinds of sectors, all working on ways of ensuring better health outcomes for everyone.

Fred Smith, March 2019

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Disability ambassador Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame remembers Grace Preko, her friend, sister and role model who showed her there was life after blindness.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, March 2019

An old black and white photo shows two people standing on a vast mountain landscape covered in snow.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

The extraordinary story of a group of men with visual impairments from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in February 1969.

Maria Fsadni, February 2019

A five-year-old girl in Ethiopia has her eyes checked for trachoma.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper says we could be just years away from one of the greatest achievements in human health: ridding the world of trachoma.

Caroline Harper, April 2018

A young boy wearing a colourful face mask and a bright yellow jumper covers hish right eye with his hand during an eye test.

Blogs / Eye health /

In 2013 a devastating Ebola outbreak decimated Liberia's already fragile healthcare system. Yet during this period, Sightsavers continued to operate.

Imran Khan, August 2017

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers gap maps show where evidence exists, or there are ‘gaps’ in the evidence on cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and refractive error.

Bhavisha Virendrakumar, May 2017

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Joining the dots on universal health coverage

How can the UK become a leader in sustainable development?

Why we’re calling for an equal UN

Putting learning into practice: using research to reach people at risk of NTDs in Nigeria

Five takeaways from the Africa Health Agenda conference

“Grace gave me the courage to empower people with disabilities”

“We have met fear, and we have conquered it!”

What if we eliminated one of the world’s oldest diseases?

The challenges facing health and education in Liberia

Eye health evidence gap maps

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