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.
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.
See the TT tracker in actionGhana has made significant strides towards addressing disability rights. But people with disabilities are not given equal opportunities to participate in electoral processes.
The investment marketplace has teamed up with Sightsavers to support a childhood blindness project in Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states in Nigeria.
A campaign to protect school children from worm infections has been launched in Cameroon. Plus news from Burkina Faso, India and more.
As part of the Keep Sight project in Nigeria, eye surgeons are learning new ways to treat patients with glaucoma.
Women on the frontline, like Aishatu, help make sure that no one is left behind in the fight against the potentially blinding disease trachoma.
On 30 January 2021, Sightsavers joined global celebrations to mark the fight against neglected tropical diseases.
In Côte d’Ivoire, eye health staff have been working to ensure eye surgery is COVID-safe. Plus news from Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Ghana and more
The most effective way to tackle health issues is to put affected communities in the driving seat – COVID-19 is no different.
Neglected tropical disease programmes need to focus on people, not just count disease prevalence, say Sightsavers researchers.
More than 20,000 people are to be screened in the first surveys since NTD programmes were put on hold because of COVID-19.
Sightsavers’ director for programme operations, Joy Shu’aibu, has been named an Inspiring Communicator for 2020.
Ghana has not been spared in the coronavirus crisis, but luckily the country started its response early, with NTD support redirected.