Fighting disease
Accelerate: what’s been achieved in 2019
The Accelerate programme, which aims to eliminate trachoma in nine African countries by 2023, has made great progress in its first 12 months.
Sightsavers rated a top charity by GiveWell for the fourth time
The charity evaluator praised Sightsavers’ deworming work in Africa for its cost-effectiveness and transparency.
Dr Caroline Harper wins the first Hemingway Award
Sightsavers’ CEO was recognised for her work to help eliminate trachoma by transforming the way funding is secured.
Sightsavers’ pioneering work is showcased in new Science Museum exhibition
Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries is the world’s largest medical gallery and will be on display for at least 30 years.
Esther’s story
Esther Anyango, from Uganda, operates on people with blinding trachoma through The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust’s Trachoma Initiative.
Huge increase in Tropical Data surveys means more people are checked for trachoma
More than 700 surveys to track levels of blinding trachoma have been completed globally in the past year as part of the Tropical Data initiative.
Cracking the code: using technology to improve mass drug administration in Zimbabwe
Sightsavers' Sarah Bartlett explains how technology – in various forms – helps us to keep track of the complex logistics involved with large trachoma treatment campaigns.
“I want to be able to dance again”
Sightsavers’ Katya Mira witnessed the first round of eye operations in Benin to treat blinding trachoma, and saw three women’s lives transformed.
Sightsavers’ work to fight disease features in new video
The video, introduced by newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, includes a segment on Sightsavers' work to tackle schistosomiasis in Guinea-Bissau.
New health programme will protect 200 million people from disease
The Ascend programme, which Sightsavers is leading, aims to tackle six of the world’s worst diseases in 25 countries.
