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A woman with LF cleans her affected limb.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ research, which involves testing mosquitoes for signs of the disease, can help us to ensure treatment is directed where it’s needed most.

Dr Rogers Nditanchou, September 2019

A local health worker hands medication to a woman as another health worker looks on.

News / Fighting disease /

Antibiotics were distributed in the Menia region of northern Egypt, where nearly 10 per cent of children aged one to nine had symptoms of the disease.

September 2019

Children celebrate at school leading up to the one billionth NTD treatment.

News / Fighting disease /

The disease has been banished from key areas of Nigeria where it was once endemic, bringing it one step closer to being eliminated.

August 2019

A close-up of a child washing their hands under a water tap.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

To mark World Water Week, Sightsavers technical director Geordie Woods explains how water is vital to prevent disease and save sight.

Sightsavers, August 2019

Children washing themselves in a stream.

From the field / Fighting disease /

For more than 20 years, medication has been distributed in Cameroon to stop the spread of river blindness. Yet people are still testing positive for the disease. We wanted to know why.

August 2019

In Zambia, a boy teaches his sister how to wash her face to prevent trachoma.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

In the past five years, the DFID SAFE trachoma programme has helped to protect and treat almost 3 million people in Zambia. Here’s what it has taught us.

Glenda Mulenga, August 2019

Sightsavers surgeon Aliyu smiles with a group of children.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Aliyu A-Umar, a former trachoma surgeon in Nigeria, has an inspiring way of making people feel at ease about eye care.

Caroline Harper speaks at the TED summit in July 2019.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ CEO Dr Caroline Harper and the END Fund’s Sam Mayer presented a session looking at how countries are making huge strides towards eliminating neglected tropical diseases.

July 2019

Mary, a volunteer in Ghana, sits with three smiling children.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Mary, a dedicated mother of seven, used to work as a teacher. Now, she is saving sight in Asubende village in Ghana, by distributing medication to protect people from river blindness. Here you can meet some of the people she has helped.

Issa, Mayasa and Bibie outside their home

News / Fighting disease /

In 2002 there were was about 1.5 billion people worldwide at risk of the eye disease. But new data from the World Health Organization shows this has fallen to just over 142 million people.

June 2019

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Catching the mosquitoes that spread lymphatic filariasis

Nearly 300,000 people given medication in Egypt during first mass trachoma campaign

Nigerian hotspot declared free from river blindness

Why water matters: insights from an NTD expert

How our research is finding new ways to fight river blindness

Trachoma in Zambia: insights from the SAFE programme

Meet the dancing trachoma surgeon

Sightsavers and END Fund join forces at TED summit to inspire action on NTDs

Meet Mary, a sight-saving volunteer

Number of people at risk of trachoma has fallen by 91%

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