Eye health
How do you rebuild a health system after decades of instability?
Liberia's National Eye Health Policy will ensure eye health is a priority and help strengthen the wider health system by developing a sustainable, inclusive eye care service.
Sightsavers-trained doctor appointed deputy minister of health in Sierra Leone
Dr Jalikatu Mustapha trained with Sightsavers between 2012 and 2016, becoming the only female ophthalmologist in the country.
Sightsavers Bangladesh marks 50-year anniversary
Sightsavers began working in Bangladesh in 1973 to diagnose and treat people for cataracts, which is one of the most common eye conditions in the country.
VUEAV and VUE Bear partner with Sightsavers to help protect sight
The visual technology company will be donating £10,000 each year towards Sightsavers’ work to help protect sight and fight for disability rights in Africa and Asia.
Frida and Florence to support Sightsavers with sunglasses accessory collection
The eco-friendly jewellery brand has launched a range of sunglasses chains that will be helping to support Sightsavers’ eye health work worldwide.
Sightsavers partnership aims to improve global access to eye care
Sightsavers has partnered with the Fred Hollows Foundation and PlenOptika to pilot a new vision care strategy that aims to revolutionise eye care worldwide.
Trachoma elimination in Benin: “All the pain was gone. It was like a miracle!”
Benin has become the latest country to eliminate blinding trachoma. Here we meet people whose lives have been transformed, and those who helped to banish the disease.
Sightsavers Kenya celebrates 70-year anniversary
Sightsavers began working in Kenya in 1952, when blindness affected up to 7% of rural Kenyans.
The Boresha Macho project: improving vision in Tanzania
In Singida, an inclusive eye health programme has made eye care services more affordable, sustainable and equitable. Here, four people involved with the project share their stories.
Lessons from the Boresha Macho eye health programme in Tanzania
Sightsavers’ Edwin Maleko shares the impact of an inclusive eye health programme on communities and eye care services in Singida and Morogoro.
