Eye health
New figures show more than a billion people have avoidable vision impairment
The statistics feature in the World Health Organization's first World Report on Vision, published ahead of World Sight Day.
Mercia’s story
Mercia, from Mozambique, has worked at Sightsavers for nine years, and is determined to make sure everyone can get good-quality eye care.
Selben’s story
Selben is an ophthalmologist who works for Sightsavers in Kaduna, Nigeria. She manages our programmes and makes sure people are treated for potentially blinding eye conditions.
Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania
Sightsavers is launching a three-year programme to provide quality eye care to rural populations in the Morogoro and Singida regions.
Postan’s story
Opthalmic nurse Postan Phiri is a popular figure in the communities he visits in rural Zambia, referring patients with cataracts for sight-saving surgery.
A childhood restored and a future secured
In eastern Zambia, Sightsavers’ Corinna May met nine-year-old Lovemore and saw his amazing transformation following sight-saving cataract surgery.
Celebrities experience the effects of cataracts using Sightsavers simulator
Broadcaster Fiona Phillips, TV doctor Dr Sara Kayat and celebrity make-up artist Ruby Hammer tried the simulator as part of a push to raise awareness about sight loss.
How we’re training teachers to spot blinding eye conditions
Mr Aahiswar is head teacher at Rangai Middle School in central India. He has been trained to screen students for vision problems so children can get the life-changing help they need.
Sightsavers India launches fellowship programme for young ophthalmologists
The programme will take 10 trainees through a course of mentorship and practical work, to enable them to improve their skills and give them a taste of rural eye health work in India.
The hospital in Bangladesh that’s restoring sight and changing lives
Robbie Peacock and Ciara Smullen travelled to the northern town of Mymensingh to visit a hospital that is saving the sight of thousands of people a year.
