Press releases

Turn promises into action, campaigners urge world leaders ahead of third global disability summit in Berlin

The United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will not be met unless world leaders take concrete action on disability rights at a major summit this April, campaigners have warned.

Global health milestone as Pakistan becomes 19th country to eliminate blinding trachoma

Sightsavers commends Pakistan following the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement yesterday that it has become the nineteenth country to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health problem.

Art speaks louder: four-city mural campaign challenges world leaders on disability rights

A series of murals have been unveiled in major cities around the world carrying a similar message: persons with disabilities must not be left behind in the fight to end global poverty.