Kenya
Much of our work in Kenya focuses on neglected tropical diseases such as trachoma, and in 2017 we distributed 395,000 NTD treatments to help prevent and treat these debilitating diseases.
Our work in Kenya
When Sightsavers started working in Kenya in 1952, our main focus was to eliminate avoidable blindness, promote integrated education and support community-based rehabilitation for adults who were irreversibly blind.
Today, Kenya’s leading cause of sight loss is cataracts, while trachoma, glaucoma, macular degeneration and severe refractive errors also play a part.
Sightsavers is working with the Ministry of Health and other eye care providers to implement the 2005-2010 National Eye Care plan. We support both Kenya Medical Training College and UON Department of Ophthalmology to train eye care workers, and work with the Ministry of Health’s Ophthalmic Services Unit and in partnership with other stakeholders to reduce preventable blindness by supporting preventive and curative eye healthcare.
We’re also working to help eliminate several neglected tropical diseases in Kenya, and distribute medication to help control the spread of blinding trachoma.
View the full video of our Kenya Country Director explaining how Sightsavers is helping to achieve the SDGs in Kenya.
Meet our Kenya Country Director
Elizabeth has worked for Sightsavers since 2000. In this video, she speaks about our work towards the UN’s Global Goals, preventing blindness and helping to eliminate poverty.
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December highlights: updates from around the world
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