Our work in Benin
In Benin, we focus on treating and preventing five neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). For example, in 2020 we helped support 94 surgeries for advanced trachoma.
Sightsavers is working to protect more than 500,000 people in Benin from avoidable blindness by eliminating trachoma.
Trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, is endemic in Benin. Thanks to the support of our Accelerate programme, we are working to protect communities by supporting surgeries for trachoma trichiasis, the advanced stage of trachoma, as well as treatment through mass drug administration.
Thanks to the UK aid’s flagship NTD programme, Ascend West and Central Africa, as a consortium, Sightsavers along with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Mott Macdonald, and the SCI Foundation, is supporting ministries to protect communities in Benin from lymphatic filariasis.
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How we’re making a difference in Benin
In Benin, Sightsavers is using digital technology to help eliminate neglected tropical diseases. Sightsavers' TT Tracker app enables our workers to collect and analyse patient data at the touch of a button.
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