Eye health
Changing lives in Cameroon
Sightsavers staff travel to Cameroon to mark a milestone in the fight against river blindness: distribution of the 250 millionth Mectizan® treatment.
Sightsavers’ Innovation Fund: evaluation
Evaluation of the Innovation Fund, part of the Sightsavers Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK’s Department for International Development.
WASHing away blinding trachoma
This week, GET2020, the WHO-led international Alliance for Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020 is meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters.
Voices of the Marginalised
This research provides a real opportunity to ensure the needs of marginalised populations are included in development initiatives such as the MDGs.
Strengthening eye health: a focus for health systems
A report detailing how improving eye health and reducing blindness is achievable, cost-effective and contributes significantly to poverty reduction.
A SAFE solution: Sightsavers’ fast-track initiative to eliminate blinding trachoma
A Sightsavers initiative outlining objectives to eliminate trachoma, which, according to the International Coalition for Trachoma Control, affects at least 110 million people living in areas where trachoma is endemic.
Policy brief: eye health in children
A policy brief outlining how school eye health needs to be fully integrated into both wider school health and eye health programmes.
Cataract services policy 2010
A policy guide by Sightsavers describing how services for cataract fit strategically with the international health agenda.
Human resources for health and international migration
A document outlining Sightsavers' position on the shortage of health care workers in developing countries, caused in part by increasing migration.
