Blogs Archives | Sightsavers

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

At the CIES conference, there were many examples of innovative uses of digital technology, but strategies for reaching children with disabilities were rarely discussed.

Veronica Stapleton, April 2025

Sightsavers' employee Hannah smiles at the camera with the sea in the background.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

After seven years and three summits, are we making the progress we so vitally need?

Hannah Loryman, April 2025

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Women are four times more likely than men to be blinded by trachoma, an infectious eye disease. But Sightsavers’ Accelerate programme is working to address this inequality.

Sightsavers, March 2025

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers’ Sarah Wang’ombe shares what we’ve learned about running effective programmes.

Sarah Wang’ombe, March 2025

Portrait pictures of Sightsavers' researchers.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Dr Steven Kaindaneh and Dr Julia de Kadt explain how our new research puts children with disabilities at the centre of efforts to combat gender-based violence.

Sightsavers, December 2024

A group of smiling women in Nigeria hold posters and leaflets about family planning.

Blogs / Women and girls /

We're attending the Global Health Practitioners Conference to showcase our work to improve access to sexual health services for women with disabilities.

Salome Luka Net, October 2024

Three children wash their hands with soap at a sink.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Adnan Youhana shares how eliminating the eye disease was a true team effort, involving surgeons, radio hosts and Lady Health Workers.

Adnan Youhana, October 2024

Twelve-year-old Arthur smiles as he stands next to his teacher, Mr Thompson. They stand in front of a chalk board in a classroom.

Blogs / Eye health /

In line with World Sight Day’s focus on child eye health, our experts reveal why eye screenings in schools are boosting students’ academic performance.

Sightsavers, September 2024

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers recently launched the Inclusive Data Network to share our knowledge on inclusive data with the international development community.

Sightsavers, August 2024

A lab scientist in Nigeria examines samples under a microscope.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers researchers are working to understand how we can care for women with female genital schistosomiasis, a devastating disease that affects millions of women in Africa.

Omosefe Osinoiki, June 2024

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Blogs

To achieve quality education for all, disability inclusion is critical

As Global Disability Summit 2025 ends, can world leaders deliver on promises and target inequality?

Women are most at risk from trachoma: here’s how we can help

Women with disabilities must be involved in planning economic empowerment programmes

Making schools safer for children with disabilities

Creating lasting change for women with disabilities in Kaduna, Nigeria

How people across Pakistan collaborated to beat trachoma

Child eye health is key to wellbeing and accessing education

How we’re advancing inclusive data

How our research could help more than 50 million women

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all