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Trachoma is eliminated in Ghana
Ghana has become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa and the Commonwealth to eliminate trachoma, as validated by the World Health Organization.
Sightsavers launches new research website
The research centre offers a library of Sightsavers’ research into eye health, neglected tropical diseases, inclusive education and social inclusion.
British Prime Minister praises Sightsavers’ Million Miracles campaign
The Prime Minister was speaking at a reception in Downing Street last night attended by Sightsavers CEO Dr Caroline Harper.
Sightsavers’ trachoma work in Uganda features in The Telegraph
Journalists from the newspaper visited Uganda to see how the country is tackling this infectious neglected tropical disease, thanks to help from UK Aid.
Free eye examinations launched for older people in Uganda
People aged over 65 can now have a free eye examination while collecting their pension, and can then be referred for treatment for conditions such as cataracts or blinding trachoma.
Sightsavers' Dominic Haslam elected Chair of disability consortium
The election took place during the IDDC general assembly, held in May in Birmingham, UK. Dom has worked at Sightsavers for 13 years and has been a member of the IDDC board since 2015.
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.
Eye health groups call for urgent action to prevent blindness
Sightsavers and five other organisations have issued an open letter that aims to put pressure on Commonwealth governments, ahead of next week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.
Seventeen women nominated for UN disability committee
A call for better gender representation and geographical spread in the United Nations disability committee has seen 17 women from six continents put forward for election in 2018.
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.
