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The transgender community often experiences discrimination and can find it hard to access healthcare. Meet some of the people who benefited from a Sightsavers eye health screening aimed at marginalised groups.

A young man sitting in the driver seat of a van.

Stories / Eye health /

As a young child, Arif had a low-cost cataract operation through Sightsavers. It changed his life, enabling him to study and thrive at school, and later to leave home and find a job.

Three men stand outside a hospital entrance.

Stories / Eye health /

We met healthcare professionals at an eye hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh who were trained more than a decade ago as part of the Seeing is Believing project.

Stories / Eye health /

We caught up with Azimunnisa, who lives in a informal urban settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 11 years after her cataract operation to find out how life has changed.

Stories / Eye health /

As the 17-year-long Seeing is Believing project comes to an end, Imran Khan goes behind the scenes to reveal why it has made such an impact.

A man with glasses, smiling while sat in his truck.

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers' Sumrana Yasmin explains the cost-effectiveness of eye health interventions and the huge impact good sight has on the global economy.

Sumrana Yasmin, October 2020

A screenshot of a video call between Peter Holland, Jalikatu Mustapha, the Queen and the Countess of Wessex.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers ophthalmologist Dr Jalikatu Mustapha, who recently won an IAPB Eye Health Hero Award, received a video call from Her Majesty the Queen to mark World Sight Day.

October 2020

A boy having his eyes checked. The ophthalmologist and the boy are both wearing face coverings and there is a protective screen between them.

Stories / Eye health /

Sightsavers staff provide a first-hand insight into our work with ministries of health, partner hospitals and volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many people sit outside waiting for an eye examination.

Stories / Eye health /

In February 2020, Sightsavers' Kirsty Bridger visited Bangladesh to learn how we organise our eye screening camps.

A close-up of a plastic vial containing the flies that transmit river blindness.

News / Eye health /

The accolades, from the the International Association and Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), recognise and celebrate young and upcoming staff and volunteers within the eye health sector.

October 2020

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Reaching Bangladesh’s transgender community

Arif’s life changed after an operation as a child: a 15-year story

Catching up with the health workers Sightsavers trained more than 10 years ago

Azimunnisa’s story

How one project touched 34 million lives

Focusing on eye health as we build back from COVID will bring profit, not loss

Sightsavers Eye Health Hero meets the Queen

Programme staff: “How we adapted our eye health projects during COVID-19”

Nine steps to holding pop-up eye screening camps on the doorsteps of marginalised communities

Three Sightsavers nominees win IAPB awards

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all