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Sightsavers’ Roland Bougma shares what action needs to be taken to ensure the disease is eliminated as a public health problem globally.

Roland Bougma, November 2023

An eye health worker looks at images on a laptop during a trachoma training session.

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As even more countries get closer to eliminating trachoma, a new challenge is emerging: how to keep the health workforce well-trained on identifying signs of the disease.

Jeremiah Ngondi and Caleb Mpyet, July 2023

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Benin and Ghana, two of the countries where Sightsavers works, have been recognised for their success in wiping out several diseases that are prevalent in poor and marginalised communities.

July 2023

An eye health worker checks a man's eyes for signs of trachoma.

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Sightsavers’ Boubacar Morou Dicko shares the obstacles Mali faced on the road to eliminating trachoma, and how the country was able to overcome them.

Boubacar Morou Dicko, May 2023

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Both countries’ achievements have been validated by the World Health Organization, meaning they join a growing list of countries to have banished the disease.

May 2023

A school student in a classroom is handed a tablet by a health worker, as other health workers and his classmates look on.

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Sightsavers has been awarded $16.9 million to continue and expand its deworming work, after a funding recommendation from US charity evaluator GiveWell.

May 2023

Sightsavers CEO CAroline Harper during her TED Talk, standing in front of large red letters spelling TED.

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In 2018, Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper took to the TED stage to talk about the importance of eliminating trachoma. Since then, 14 million people have been protected from the disease, but further progress hangs in the balance.

Caroline Harper, April 2023

A young boy drinks water after receiving preventative medication for lymphatic filariasis in Guinea-Bissau.

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The Astellas Global Health Foundation is giving US$536,700 to help combat river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and intestinal worms.

December 2022

Epidemiologist Michael Dejene, who is collecting data on trachoma, crouches next to a woman who is sorting produce.

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Since 2012, Sightsavers has been using smartphones to collect high-quality data, so that countries can effectively map the disease and focus their elimination efforts.

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Sightsavers’ Simon Bush has received a lifetime achievement award for his work on river blindness, and has been named president of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

October 2022

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The world is making progress on eliminating lymphatic filariasis – yet we urgently need to finish the work

A good problem: why new training methods are needed to eliminate trachoma

African states honoured for beating neglected tropical diseases

How Mali overcame three big challenges and eliminated trachoma

Benin and Mali become the latest countries to eliminate trachoma

Sightsavers’ deworming work gets $16.9 million funding boost

My TED talk helped to protect millions of people from trachoma. Now you can help make history

Sightsavers awarded grant to fight neglected tropical diseases in Guinea-Bissau

“We’re playing a critical role to banish trachoma”

Sightsavers director rewarded for his work on neglected tropical diseases

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