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Global project updates
Including news from Senegal, where teachers are being taught braille.
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Tanzania joins the push to make accessible books more widely available
It has become the latest country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty, which allows exceptions to standard copyright laws so books can be reproduced in braille and other accessible formats.
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.
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Catching the mosquitoes that spread lymphatic filariasis
How our research, which involves testing mosquitoes for signs of the disease, can ensure treatment is directed where it’s needed most.
Why water matters: insights from an NTD expert
To mark World Water Week, Sightsavers technical director Geordie Woods explains how water is vital to prevent disease and save sight.
Universal health coverage in Ghana: how can we really make progress?
At the heart of universal health care is equity, and a key question any country must ask when making roadmaps for UHC is who to include first.
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A childhood restored and a future secured
In Zambia, Sightsavers’ Corinna May met nine?year-old Lovemore and saw his amazing transformation following cataract surgery.
August updates: highlights from around the world
A round-up of the latest work that your donations help to support, including news from Mozambique, Pakistan, Nigeria and India.
How our research is finding new ways to fight river blindness
For more than 20 years, medication has been distributed in Cameroon to stop the spread of river blindness. Yet people are still testing positive for the disease. We wanted to know why.
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See all from the fieldSightsavers’ vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes.
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