Blogs
A battle to reach the ballot box: Cameroon’s growing disability movement
As Cameroon prepares for its general election, Sightsavers Country Director Joseph Oye explains why he hopes more people with disabilities will vote.
We’re making huge progress on avoidable blindness, but we still have work to do
Sightsavers’ Charity Dandak reflects on our achievements through the Seeing is Believing programme, and highlights the challenges we still face to tackle avoidable blindness.
What we’ve learned from trachoma elimination in Ghana
Sarah Bartlett discusses Sightsavers’ involvement in this milestone, what we’ve learned from the experience and the work that lies ahead.
What it means to work in a team gathering data to eliminate trachoma
Sightsavers’ Cristina Jimenez shares her thoughts on the pioneering Tropical Data project, which helps to identify where trachoma treatment is needed.
Why we need to make this summit count
The Global Disability Summit could be a sea change in attitude and action towards people with disabilities. Help us to make this change a reality.
How participatory research is helping to tackle neglected tropical diseases
Analysis in Nigeria shows we must engage with communities more effectively if we want mass administration of NTD medicines to continue to be succesful.
Lessons from our first inclusive eye health project
Sightsavers recently undertook a learning review to capture and consolidate what we’ve learned so far from our eye health pilot project in Bhopal, India.
The CRPD: a world-changing convention
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) exists to defend the rights of people with disabilities. Here, CRPD nominee Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame shares her thoughts on its opportunities and challenges.
What if we eliminated one of the world’s oldest diseases?
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.
The UK disability summit: 100 days to go
It's 100 days until the world’s first global disability summit, hosted by the UK government’s Department for International Development.
