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A woman reads from a chart during a sight test in Mozambique.

Eye health / Reports /

The Advancing Healthy Communities programme aimed to develop a mid-level eye care workforce to increase access to eye health services and to reduce the cataract surgical backlog in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

A mother with her son in Dhaka. He is wearing his new spectacles.

Eye health / Reports /

The project aimed to strengthen eye care facilities, increase awareness of eye care among poor urban communities, and increase access to eye services.

A boy smiles and is embraced by his father after having his dressings removed following eye surgery in Bangladesh.

Eye health / Reports /

The project aimed to train paediatric ophthalmic teams, improve leadership and management, and establish a paediatric outpatient department.

News / Eye health /

Bill and Melinda Gates have said that by 2030, diseases including trachoma and river blindness will be consigned to the history books.

January 2015

News / Eye health /

Sunetra, who plays Dr Zoe Hanna on medical drama Casualty, has been an ambassador for Sightsavers since 2009.

September 2014

A woman is given sunglasses following cataract surgery in Kenya.

Eye health / Reports /

This five-year intervention was funded by the European Union and co-funded by international NGOs led by Sightsavers.

Eye health / Reports /

This management response is submitted by the Post Health for Peace Initiative and its partners in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and the Gambia, following a its final evaluation undertaken by independent consultants.

A man sitting outside with a huge smile.

Eye health / Reports /

The evaluation assessed the implementation of the PQO over the 5-year period from 2009 until 2013 and was conducted in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

A sign telling people to wash their hands and face with soap to prevent trachoma.

Blogs / Eye health /

"I’ve been in Zambia these last two weeks looking at the eye healthcare system, and I’ve been reminded about the unintended consequences."

Andrew Griffiths, June 2014

Four-year-old Arman smiles in his new dark glasses, as he's held by his father after his cataract surgery in Bangladesh.

Eye health / Reports /

The goal of the project was to eliminate avoidable blindness from Bangladesh by 2020.

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Advancing healthy communities in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe: final evaluation

Bangladesh Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project: evaluation

Strengthen national capacities on paediatric ophthalmology in Bangladesh: end-of-term evaluation

Bill and Melinda Gates: trachoma and river blindness will be eliminated by 2030

Sightsavers ambassador Sunetra stars in Strictly Come Dancing

Promoting quality ophthalmology in East Africa project: end-of-term evaluation

Post Health for Peace Initiative: final evaluation

Promoting quality ophthalmology in East Africa: evaluation report

Unintended consequences in health care

Vision Bangladesh project: end-of-term evaluation

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