Fighting disease
First treatments for trachoma distributed in Yemen
More than 4,000 volunteers, most of them women, went door to door with medication to treat the potentially blinding disease.
What if we eliminated one of the world’s oldest diseases?
Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper says we could be just years away from one of the greatest achievements in human health: ridding the world of trachoma.
Sightsavers CEO gives TED Talk outlining plan to eliminate trachoma
During her talk in Vancouver on 11 April, Caroline Harper urged philanthropists to support a new project that could help to eliminate the disease.
Sightsavers celebrates collaboration to tackle trachoma
To mark World Health Day on Saturday 7 April, Sightsavers is celebrating work being done to eliminate trachoma – a huge success story in global health.
Former Bishop of London praises Uganda’s progress in fighting trachoma
The Right Rev Richard Chartres visited the Iganga district in the east of the country, where he saw work taking place to eliminate the blinding disease.
The personal stories behind Sightsavers’ billionth milestone
In Nigeria, Sightsavers' Rebecca Mintrim joined celebrations for the one billionth NTD treatment.
Together we’ve reached a milestone
We've finally reached our target of providing one billion treatments for neglected tropical diseases, protecting millions of people from infection.
Research calls for new approach to treating neglected tropical diseases in urban areas
Research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases says distributing medication on a large scale in urban areas may not be the most effective solution.
The dose pole: a vital tool helping us to fight disease
These colourful poles are used by community volunteers in the battle to eliminate neglected tropical diseases. But what are they, and how do they work?
Momentum is growing in the battle against NTDs, but we cannot be complacent
Sightsavers’ Simon Bush says that as we draw closer to eliminating NTDs, the next chapter will be the most challenging – yet also the most rewarding.
